psychodysleptic
English
editEtymology
editFrom psycho- + dys- + -leptic, probably after French psychodysleptique.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpsychodysleptic (comparative more psychodysleptic, superlative most psychodysleptic)
- That brings on a dreamlike mental state; hallucinogenic. [from 20th c.]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 67:
- Bridget Boone […] invited me to consider a couple of late-night bongs, as a kind of psychodysleptic Sominex, to help me sleep […] .
Noun
editpsychodysleptic (plural psychodysleptics)
- Such a substance