spaced-out

Also spaced

[speyst-out]

adjective

Informal.

1. dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.

   The spaced-out main characters are the primary feature of a stoner comedy.

2. dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality or seemingly so; spacey.

   He was rushed to the hospital with signs of a concussion, including spaced-out and confused behavior.

spaced out

adjective

1. Often shortened to: spaced. slang,  intoxicated through or as if through taking a drug

Word History and Origins

Origin of spaced out¹

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; on the pattern of phrasal verbs with out marking completed action, such as tired out; space apparently by association with “outer space” as, metaphorically, a place outside normal consciousness