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mescaline

mescaline

9 9.9
A strong drug from the peyote cactus that makes people see things that are not real
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛskəˌliːn/
  • NSFW
translation icon : mescalina
  • To be honest, I'd sort of come to the end of my interest in mescaline.
  • mescaline and psilocybin
  • mescaline or LSD

My mother's been having one long mescaline trip her whole life.

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Examples

  • Similarly vivid experiences have been reported by non-psychotic individuals who have taken mescaline, psilocybin, or LSD.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Eager for new experiments, he subsequently let himself be injected with mescaline, a hallucinatory drug.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Did the mescaline just kick in?

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Can you describe your first mescaline experience?

  • I feel like I'm on mescaline again.

    Irrational Man (2015)

  • Then we ate some mescaline and went swimming.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • OK, mescaline comes from peyote or from San Pedro.

  • Soon, the mescaline was pulsing through our veins.

    Domino (2005)

  • Substances like LSD, mescaline, and DMT all block the release of serotonin, which regulates mood and impulsivity.

  • Many artists have claimed that mescaline enhances their creativity during psychedelic experiences.

Synonyms

peyote
vsmescaline
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6 9.9

A strong chemical in the cactus that makes you see things

refers to a compound used as a psychedelic drug rather than the chemical label

Surface Forms

mescaline singular
mescalines plural

Morphology

mescaline = mescal (semi-transparent) = mescal + ine

Formed from 'mescal' + chemical suffix '-ine'; the structure is clear but the base 'mescal' and chemical naming are specialized/loaned, so an average learner may not infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word mescaline comes from mescal, a Spanish name for the peyote plant and is related to the Mexican drink mezcal, which comes from a Native American word meaning 'cooked agave'. So mescaline is named after the plant that gives this hallucinogenic drug.