psychedelic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsaɪ.kɪˌdɛl.ɪk/ (UK)
- /ˈsaɪ.kəˌdɛl.ɪk/ (UK)
- sī'kĭ-děl'ĭk (US)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, soul”) + δῆλος (dêlos, “manifest, visible”) + English -ic (prefix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in a 1956 letter to Aldous Huxley.
Meanings
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Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced altered awareness, distortions of perception, hallucinations, etc.
With those drugs has come the psychedelic philosophy, an impassioned belief in the self-revealing, mind-expanding powers of potent weeds and seeds and chemical compounds known to man since prehistory but wholly alien to the rationale of Western society.
1967, Joe David Brown, editor, The Hippies, New York: Time, Inc, page 2:
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Of graphics, etc.: having abstract shapes, bright colours, etc., reminiscent of drug-induced distortions of perception or hallucinations.
There was a woman sitting on the edge of his bed. She had coral-orange hair, beryl-blue eyes, arched brows, freckles, a coy smile, a psychedelic labcoat and she was, he suddenly realized, his best friend of over twenty years.
2022 September 24, HarryBlank, “Transition”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
- (qualifier:hippie slang) Awesome, cool, groovy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most psychedelic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more psychedelic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
prepsychedelic · postpsychedelic · psychedelic frogfish · folkadelic · psychedelic mushroom · psychedelicize · psychedelic folk · psychedelic rock · neopsychedelic · antipsychedelic · psychedelic circus · psychedelic soul · cyberdelic · psychedelic crisis · hypnodelic · nonpsychedelic · psychedelically · unpsychedelic
Synonyms
lysergic · trippy · psych · multi-coloured
Translations (40)
scn psicudèlicu (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · hu bódító (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · gl psicodélico (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · cs psychedelický (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · ca psiquedèlic (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · lv psihodēlisks (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · de bewusstseinserweiternd (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · uk психоделі́чний (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · nb psykedelisk (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · ru психодели́ческий (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · da psykedelisk (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · ca psicodèlic (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · be псіхадэлі́чны (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · ro psihedelic (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · he פְּסִיכֶדֶלִי (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · hu pszichedelikus (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · mk психоделичен (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · lt psichodelinis (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · af psigedelies (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · nn psykedelisk (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · it psichedelico (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · el ψυχεδελικός (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · hu tudattorzító (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · nl psychedelisch (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · sv psykedelisk (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · bg психедели́чен (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · es psicodélico (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · pl psychodeliczny (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · fi psykedeelinen (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · pt psicodélico (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · eo maldormosonĝa (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · de psychedelisch (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · hu tudatmódosító (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · fr psychédélique (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · ru психодели́чный (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · ka ფსიქოდელიური (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · cmn 迷幻 (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · tr psikedelik (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · el ψυχοδηλωτικός (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) · sk psychedelický (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.)