spaced-out

[ speyst-out ]
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adjectiveInformal.
  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.

Origin of spaced-out

1
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
  • Also spaced [speyst] /speɪst/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for spaced out

spaced out

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

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