different between hypnotic vs somnolite

English

Alternative forms

• hypnotick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hupn?tikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ???? (hupnô, “I put to sleep”), from ????? (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p?n?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

1. Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
2. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.

Synonyms

• captivating
• mesmeric

Derived terms

• hypnotically

Related terms

• hypnotize
• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnosis

Translations

Noun

hypnotic (plural hypnotics)

1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
2. (pharmacology) A soporific substance.

Translations

Further reading

• hypnotic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hypnotic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic

English

Noun

somnolite (plural somnolites)

1. a person in the state of hypnotic sleep

See also

• somnolism
• hypnosis
• mesmerism

Ido

Verb

somnolite

1. adverbial past passive participle of somnolar