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hypnotic definition

hyp·notic (hip nät′ik)

adjective

  1. causing sleep; soporific
  2. of, characterized by, having the nature of, or inducing hypnosis
  3. easily hypnotized

Etymology: Fr or LL: Fr hypnotique < LL hypnoticus < Gr hypnōtikos, tending to sleep < hypnos: see hypno-

noun

  1. any agent causing sleep; soporific
  2. a hypnotized person or one easily hypnotized

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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