'Hypnotic' definitions:
Definition of 'hypnotic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to hypnosis
adjective
Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" [syn: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding]
noun
A drug that induces sleep [syn: soporific, hypnotic]
Definition of 'Hypnotic'
From: GCIDE
- Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, a. [Gr. ? inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. ? to lull to sleep, fr. ? sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.]
- 1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hypnotic'
From: GCIDE
- Hypnotic \Hyp*not"ic\, n.
- 1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism. [1913 Webster]