hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding
(adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; “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”
hypnotic
(adjective) of or relating to hypnosis
soporific, hypnotic
(noun) a drug that induces sleep
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)
Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
(pharmaceutical effect) Inducing sleep; soporific.
• captivating
• mesmeric
hypnotic (plural hypnotics)
A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
(pharmaceutical drug) A soporific substance.
• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic
Source: Wiktionary
Hyp*not"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. 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.
Hyp*not"ic, n.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 December 2024
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
