spaced-out
or spaced
[ speyst-out or speyst ]
/ ˈspeɪstˈaʊt or speɪst /
adjective Slang.
dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality or seemingly so; spacey.
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Origin of spaced-out
1965–70, Americanism; on the pattern of phrasal verbs with out marking perfectivity; space apparently by association with “outer space” as, metaphorically, a place outside normal consciousness
Words nearby spaced-out
space-time, spaceband, spaceborne, spacecraft, spaced out, spaced-out, spaceflight, spacelab, spaceless, spaceman, spaceport
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