hypnotic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a drug that induces sleep
    soporific.
  2. adjective of or relating to hypnosis
  3. adjective satellite attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
    spellbinding; mesmeric; mesmerizing.
    • 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

WordNet

Hyp*not"ic adjective
Etymology
Gr. inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. to lull to sleep, fr. sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.
Definitions
  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.
Hyp*not"ic noun
Definitions
  1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.
  2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Webster 1913