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psychedelic

Syllabification: (psy·che·del·ic)
Pronunciation: /ˌsīkəˈdelik/
Translate psychedelic | into Italian
Definition of psychedelic

adjective

  • relating to or denoting drugs (especially LSD) that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness.
  • relating to or denoting a style of rock music originating in the mid 1960s, characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related lyrics.
  • denoting or having an intense, vivid color or a swirling abstract pattern:a psychedelic T-shirt

noun

  • a psychedelic drug.

Derivatives

psychedelically

Pronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/
adverb

Origin:

1950s: formed irregularly from psyche1 + Greek dēlos 'clear, manifest' + -ic

psychedelic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of psychedelic in the British & World English dictionary