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spac⋅ey

  [spey-see]
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–adjective, spac⋅i⋅er, spac⋅i⋅est.
spaced-out (def. 2).
Also, spacy.

Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; space + -ey 1
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Spaciness
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spac·y or spac·ey   (spā'sē)   
adj.   spac·i·er, spac·i·est Slang

  1. Stupefied or disoriented from or as if from drug use.

  2. Eccentric; offbeat.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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spaced (out)

and spacy
  1. mod.
    silly; giddy. : I have such spaced out parents!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

spacy 
1885, "large, roomy, spacious," from space (n.). Meaning "felt as characteristic of outer space" (esp. with ref. to electronic music) is attested from 1971, probably infl. by spaced-out (1965, Amer.Eng. slang), an allusion to the behavior of people using hallucinogenic drugs (see space (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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