different between psychedelic vs peyote

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “mind, soul”) + ????? (dêlos, “manifest, visible”) + -ic. Coined by English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond in 1956 in a letter to Aldous Huxley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?.k??d?l.?k/, /?sa?.k??d?l.?k/ (UK)
• enPR: s?'k?-d?l'?k (US)

Adjective

psychedelic (comparative more psychedelic, superlative most psychedelic)

1. Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.

   Synonyms: lysergic, trippy
2. (of graphics, etc.) Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception.

   Synonym: multi-coloured

Translations

Noun

psychedelic (plural psychedelics)

1. Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.
   • 2006, Dean McCormick, Dead End Street (page 62)

     I was going to become a three-drug connection to all my friends, psychedelics, hash and pot.

Translations

Interjection

psychedelic

1. (hippie slang) awesome, cool, groovy

Related terms

• psychedelia

English

Etymology

From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??jo?ti/

Noun

peyote (plural peyotes)

1. A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.
2. A mescal button produced by the plant.

Synonyms

• (Lophophora williamsii): mescal

Translations

Further reading

• peyote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

Noun

peyote m (plural peyotes)

1. peyote

Descendants

• ? English: peyote

Further reading

• “peyote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.