psychodysleptic

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UK/sʌɪkəʊdɪˈslɛptɪk/

adjective

That brings on a dreamlike mental state; hallucinogenic.

OriginFrench psychodysleptique →
First used 20th c.Scrabble 33
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Meanings

adjectivepsychodysleptic (comparative more psychodysleptic, superlative most psychodysleptic)

comparative more psychodysleptic · superlative most psychodysleptic

  1. That brings on a dreamlike mental state; hallucinogenic.First known use 20th c.

    Bridget Boone […] invited me to consider a couple of late-night bongs, as a kind of psychodysleptic Sominex, to help me sleep […].

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 67
nounpsychodysleptic (plural psychodysleptics)

plural psychodysleptics

  1. Such a substance

Origin

  1. Frenchpsychodysleptique
  2. Englishpsychodysleptic

From psycho- + dys- + -leptic, probably after French psychodysleptique.

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APA

psychodysleptic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychodysleptic

MLA

“psychodysleptic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychodysleptic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychodysleptic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychodysleptic.

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