Dictionary entry

Hypnotic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.