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psychedelic (iou)



psychedelic adjective & noun. M20.
[Irreg. from PSYCHE noun1 + Greek deloun make manifest, reveal, from delos manifest, clear: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. a. Of a drug: producing a change in, esp. an apparent expansion of, consciousness through greater awareness of sensations, emotions, and unconscious motivations (freq. through symbolic hallucinations). M20.
C. Wilson Aldous Huxley..advocated the use of psychedelic drugs to 'expand consciousness'.
b. Of, pertaining to, or produced by such a drug; concerned with or characterized by the use of such drugs. M20.
V. Brome A renaissance of the irrational had turned thousands of young people toward psychedelic experience.
2. Imitating or inspired by an effect produced by a psychedelic drug; spec. having vivid colours. M20.
psychedelic rock = acid rock s.v. ACID noun.
Observer The very latest psychedelic colours, electric purples and greens.
B. noun.
1. A psychedelic drug. M20.
2. A person who takes a psychedelic drug or has a psychedelic lifestyle. Now rare. M20.
psychedelically adverb M20.
psychedelicize verb trans. (colloq.) make psychedelic or bizarrely colourful M20.