Hyp Noticとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• hypnotick (obsolete)

語源

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/
• (General American) IPA: /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/, [hɪp̚ˈnɑ.ɾɪk̚]
• 韻: -ɒtɪk
• ハイフネーション: hyp‧no‧tic

形容詞

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

1. Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.

   Synonym: mesmeric

2. Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
   • 1990, Napfield Limited (publisher), “Mellow Grooves For Your Soul”, in Blues & Soul‎, numbers 564-575, page 37:

     Phyllis St. James' hypnotic "Mystic Stranger" always blows my mind and you'll find it included in this brilliant set by the sadly underrated Ms Haywood as well as the stunning ballad "Someone".

   Synonym: captivating

3. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.
4. (botany, obsolete) Dormant.

   hypnotic seeds

派生語

関連する語

• hypnotize
• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnosis

名詞

hypnotic (plural hypnotics)

1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
2. (pharmacology) A soporific substance.
   • 1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery:

     "He's had a strong hypnotic administered to him," said the doctor. "He'll wake perfectly all right in the morning.[…]"

Further reading

• “hypnotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hypnotic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic