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10 Language-to-English DictionariesTrippy
/ˈtrɪp.i/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Resembling or characteristic of the effects of a psychedelic drug; producing bizarre, surreal, or hallucination-like visual or mental experiences.
"The music video featured vibrant colors and morphing shapes that gave it a really trippy feel." - 2
Unusually strange, weird, or difficult to comprehend; highly unconventional or dreamlike.
"Walking through the modern art museum after dark was a remarkably trippy experience."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'trip' (referring to a psychedelic drug experience), combining it with the adjectival suffix '-y' in the late 1960s during the counterculture movement. The term originally described hallucinations or experiences induced by substances like LSD, later expanding to describe anything surreal, bizarre, or mind-bendingly visual.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Trippy" is said worldwide
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psychédélique
Transliteration: psike-de-lik
"Les effets visuels de ce film sont vraiment psychédéliques."
psychedelisch
Transliteration: psyçeˈdeːlɪʃ
"Die Lichtshow bei dem Konzert war sehr psychedelisch."
psichedelico
Transliteration: psi-ke-ˈdɛ-li-ko
"Quel dipinto ha uno stile psichedelico molto forte."
psicodélico
Transliteration: psi-ko-ˈde-li-ko
"La música de esa banda tiene un sonido muy psicodélico."
psicodélico
Transliteration: psi-ko-ˈdɛ-li-ku
"As cores daquela pintura são incrivelmente psicodélicas."
साइकेडेलिक
Transliteration: saikedelik
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"इस गाने का संगीत बहुत साइकेडेलिक है।"
迷幻的
Transliteration: mí huàn de
Script: 中文汉字
"这部电影的视觉效果非常迷幻。"
사이키델릭한
Transliteration: saikiderik-han
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 뮤직비디오는 매우 사이키델릭한 분위기였다."
サイケデリックな
Transliteration: saikederikku na
Script: 日本語
"そのアートワークはとてもサイケデリックなデザインだ。"
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