Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypnagogic

/ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: hyp-n-a-gog-ic
IPA: /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.

adj

That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Very quickly it would come to seem to Lionel Hoffmann that the remainder of his life, all that was not Siri, was of little more substance than those hypnagogic images that flash against our eyelids when, in a state of exhaustion, we begin to sink into sleep."

Etymology

From French hypnagogique, from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/
British English: /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɒdʒɪk/

Inflected Forms

more hypnagogic (comparative) most hypnagogic (superlative) hypnogogic (alternative)

Phrases

hypnagogic jerk

Frequently Paired Words

hypnagogue

Synonyms

soporific soporiferous somniferous somnific hypnogogic

Antonyms

hypnopompic

Rhymes With

logic presentation logic many-valued logic geologic biologic pedagogic dialogic illogic ecologic cytologic mythologic ideologic

Questions

How do you pronounce hypnagogic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/.
What does hypnagogic mean?: That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
Where does hypnagogic come from?: From French hypnagogique, from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”).

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