I. (ˈ)hip|näd.]ik, -ät], ]ēk adjective
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French hypnotique, from Middle French, from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Greek hypnōtikos inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, soporific, from (assumed) Greek hypnōtos (verbal of Greek hypnoun to put to sleep, sleep, from hypnos sleep) + Greek -ikos -ic — more at somnolent
1. : tending to produce sleep : soporific
2.
[short for neurohypnotic \]
: of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism : being under, susceptible to, or tending to induce hypnosis
his noble brow and hypnotic stare — Julian Maclaren-Ross
the mother's hypnotic will — Leslie Rees
hypnotic suspension of all his faculties — Mary Austin
II. noun
( -s )
1. : a drug or other agent that produces or tends to produce sleep : soporific
2. : one that is or is capable of being hypnotized