hypnagogic
adj/ˌhɪpnəˈɡɒdʒɪk/UK/ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/US
Etymology
From French hypnagogique, from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”).
- derived from hypnagogique
Definitions
That induces sleep
That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
That accompanies falling asleep
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.
- But if we are in the right mood, a second of such lethargy is enough to make a hypnagogic [translating hypnagogische] hallucination appear, after which perhaps we reawaken, until the oft-repeated performance is brought to an end by sleep.
The neighborhood
- antonymhypnopompic
- neighborhypnagogue
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hypnagogic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA