psychedelic的词源

英文词源

psychedelic (adj.): occasionally psychodelic, 1956, of drugs, suggested by British-born Canadian psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917-2004) in a letter to Aldous Huxley and used by Osmond in a scientific paper published the next year; from Greek psykhe- "mind" (see psyche) + deloun "make visible, reveal," from delos "visible, clear," from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine" (see diurnal). In popular use from 1965 with reference to anything producing effects similar to that of a psychedelic drug or enhancing the effects of such a drug. As a noun from 1956.

药品名，根据希腊语创造出来的一个词。来自希腊语psyche,灵魂，精神，delos,清晰的，可见的，来自PIE*dyeu,照亮，照明，神，词源同diurnal,pine.引申词义产生幻觉的。

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