| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hypnagogic |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hyp·na·gog·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: | h p n -g j k, -g j k |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also hyp·no·gog·ic |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Inducing sleep; soporific. 2. Of, relating to, or occurring in the state of intermediate consciousness preceding sleep: hypnagogic hallucinations. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French hypnagogique : Greek hupnos, sleep; see hypno + Greek ag gos, leading (from agein, to lead; see ag- in Appendix I).
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