hallucinogenic

[ huh-loo-suh-nuh-jen-ik ]

adjective

1. producing hallucinations:

   a hallucinogenic drug.

2. of, relating to, or constituting a hallucinogen or hallucinogens:

   He took some strange tablets and has just woken from weird hallucinogenic dreams.

3. resembling or recalling the state of consciousness induced by a hallucinogen:

   The film contains a wild kaleidoscope of unequivocal camp and hallucinogenic color.

noun

1. a hallucinogenic substance:

   Side effects of hallucinogenics are still being researched.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hallucinogenic¹

First recorded in 1950–55; hallucino(gen) + -genic

Example Sentences

He’s heard that by exposing it to the perfect cheeseball pop song — upbeat, sincere — it will excrete a natural hallucinogenic: a profitable slime.

From Los Angeles Times

The whole braiding of peace, love, art, rock-n-roll and your hallucinogenic drug of choice is one that I’ve always found culturally appealing, insofar as lore and historical context are concerned.

From Salon

Ever the optimist, Bug is planning to sell the hallucinogenic slime he skims off the back of a toad he’s imported from Colorado to fund his imminent wedding to a fling of three months.

From Los Angeles Times

Last year, Wiener sought to decriminalize the possession and personal use of “magic mushrooms” among other hallucinogenic drugs.

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, researchers are hopeful based on their breakthrough findings that it may soon be possible to design novel psychedelic-derived medications that don't possess the hallucinogenic properties of current drugs.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• hallucinatory
• kaleidoscopic
• multicolored