Meanings
- uncountablechemistryA powerful synthetic hallucinogen.
As surely as that winter of 1970 turned to spring, lysergic acid deithylamide made its grand entrance into my life.
2004, Martin Torgoff, “Fearless, Immune, and Ready for All”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 8Synonyms: LSD, acid, headlight, liquid sunshine, LSD, LSD-25, Lucy
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 麥角酸二乙醯胺 /麦角酸二乙醯胺
- 麥角酸二乙醯胺 /麦角酸二乙醯胺a powerful hallucinogen
Czech diethylamid kyseliny lysergové
- diethylamid kyseliny lysergovéa powerful hallucinogen
Estonian lüsergiinhappe dietüülamiid
- lüsergiinhappe dietüülamiida powerful hallucinogen
Finnish lysergihapon dietyyliamidi
- lysergihapon dietyyliamidia powerful hallucinogen
French diéthylamide de l'acide lysergique
- diéthylamide de l'acide lysergiquea powerful hallucinogen
German Lysergsäurediäthylamid, Lysergsäurediethylamid
- Lysergsäurediäthylamida powerful hallucinogen
- Lysergsäurediethylamida powerful hallucinogen
- Lysergsäure-diäthylamida powerful hallucinogen
- Lysergsäure-diethylamida powerful hallucinogen
Greek διαιθυλαμίδιο του λυσεργικού οξέος
- διαιθυλαμίδιο του λυσεργικού οξέος (diaithylamídio tou lysergikoú oxéos)a powerful hallucinogen
Hungarian lizergsav-dietilamid
- lizergsav-dietilamida powerful hallucinogen
Polish dietyloamid kwasu lizergowego
- dietyloamid kwasu lizergowegoa powerful hallucinogen
Romanian acidul lisergic dietilamida-25
- acidul lisergic dietilamida-25a powerful hallucinogen
Russian ди́эти́лами́д лизерги́новой кислоты́, тартра́т диэтилами́да лизерги́новой кислоты́
- ди́эти́лами́д лизерги́новой кислоты́ (díetílamíd lizergínovoj kislotý)a powerful hallucinogen
- тартра́т диэтилами́да лизерги́новой кислоты́ (tartrát dietilamída lizergínovoj kislotý)a powerful hallucinogen
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lysergic acid diethylamide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lysergic%20acid%20diethylamide
“lysergic acid diethylamide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lysergic%20acid%20diethylamide. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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