hypnagogic
[hip-nuh-goj-ik, -goh-jik]
adjective
of or relating to drowsiness.
inducing drowsiness.
Origin of hypnagogic
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Related Words for hypnagogic
surreal, hypnotic, narcotic, somnolent, soporific, somniferous, soporiferousExamples from the Web for hypnagogic
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The first is hypnagogic hallucination, the second coloured audition.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
On the contrary, hypnagogic illusion is, with me, a decided phenomenon.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
And there are crystal-seers who are not subject to hypnagogic illusions.
Cock Lane and Common-SenseAndrew Lang
These ‘hypnagogic illusions’ Pontus de Tyard described in a pretty sonnet, more than three hundred years ago.
Cock Lane and Common-SenseAndrew Lang
For bad visualisers, on the other hand, the vividness of these hypnagogic pictures may be absolutely a revelation.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily DeathFrederick W. H. Myers
hypnagogic
hypnogogic
adjective
Word Origin for hypnagogic
C19: from French hypnagogique; see hypno-, -agogic
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hypnagogic
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