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psychedelically
Variant of psychedelic
psychedelic
definition
☆ psy·che·delic (sī′kə del′ik)
adjective
- of or causing extreme changes in the conscious mind, as hallucinations, delusions, intensification of awareness and sensory perception, etc.
- of or associated with psychedelic drugs; specif., simulating the auditory or visual effects of the psychedelic state
- designating any of various fluorescent colors popularized during the 1960s
Etymology: < psyche + Gr dēloun, to make manifest
noun
a psychedelic drug
Related Forms:
- psychedelically psy′·chedel′i·cally adverb
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