Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Counteracting sleep; tending to prevent sleep or lethargy. Also
anthypnotic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Tending to prevent sleep.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Tending to prevent
sleep . - noun Any agent that prevents sleep.
Etymologies
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anti- + hypnotic
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Examples
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He went outside, the dome on a sight-seeing trip and made the mistake of looking at a marspoppy without an antihypnotic color filter.
Shock Absorber E. G. von Wald
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a little trouble getting close to you with an antihypnotic.
The Star Hyacinths James H. Schmitz 1946
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But you’ll remember,” Dasinger said, “that I had a little trouble getting close to you with an antihypnotic.
The Complete Federation Of The Hub Schmitz, James H. 2000
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