lysergic

Adjective

lysergic (not generally comparable, comparative more lysergic, superlative most lysergic)

1. (not comparable, usually) Used in the designation of lysergic acid and lysergic acid diethylamide: produced by hydrolysis from ergot.
   • Much more soluble in water than ergotoxine, ergotamine, sensibamine or ergoclavine, and is thought to be the hydroxyisopropylamide of lysergic acid.1936, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, “ergostetrine”, in A Practical Medical Dictionary [...], 13th revised edition, Baltimore, Md.: William Wood and Company, →OCLC, page 368, column 2
   • In a series of papers during the past few years Jacobs and [Lyman C.] Craig have shown that the ergot alkaloids are derivatives of a unique acid base, lysergic acid, in which the latter or an isomer is conjugated with certain amino acids or substances which can be derived from them, such as...1937 August, Walter A[braham] Jacobs; R. Gordon Gould, Jr., “The Ergot Alkaloids: XII. The Synthesis of Substances Related to Lysergic Acid”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 120...
2. (comparable, not comparable, usually) Psychedelic, trippy.
   • The Doves' mantras of desolation are even trippier than the first couple Cranes records (though maybe not as lysergic as prime Swans or Ravens), […]2000 December 26, Scott Seward, “Snowplow you bad elephant!”, in The Village Voice, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2018
   • As mentioned earlier, my first impression of the sleeve art was that it bore marked similarity to a poetry collection – nothing very lysergic about that.2010, Richard Henderson, Van Dyke Parks’ Song Cycle (33⅓ [series]), London: Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 100