LSD
pronunciation
How to pronounce LSD in British English:
UK [ˌel es ˈdi:]
How to pronounce LSD in American English:
US [ˌeles'di]
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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 .