LSD

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid

Word Origin

LSD
"lysergic acid diethylamide," 1950, from German "Lysergsäure-diäthylamid" (abbreviated LSD in a Swiss journal from 1947). See lysergic. L.s.d. as the abbreviation of "pounds, shillings, and pence" is recorded from 1853.

Example

1. Research into lsd is not confined to medicine .
2. Eventually both lsd and psilocybin were proscribed .
3. But it is worth seeing whether lsd might fulfil its early promise .
4. All four beatles have admitted taking lsd at least occasionally .
5. In fact , he 'd fervently believed that lsd would save the world .

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