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-adelic, comb. form
Brit. |əˈdɛlɪk|, U.S. |əˈdɛlɪk|
Forms: 19– -adelic, 19– -edelic, 19– -delic[after a vowel or y]
[‹ -edelic (in psychedelic n.).
Attested in a small number of formations from the 1960s, exemplified below, and funkadelic adj., shagadelic adj. The spelling for the reduced vowel varies between -a- and -e-; -adelic is the more common form.]
Affix. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘embodying the quality denoted or implied (by the first element) in a psychedelic way’.
1967N.Y. Times 16 Feb. 42 Any swingers who have yet to shop in an ‘electrodelic environment’ should race right over to Best's Fifth Avenue while the fuses hold out. 1974L. Bangs in L. Bangs & J. Morthland Mainlines, Blood Feasts, Bad Taste (2003) 61 The only way I can account for this generalized lapse in the humpadelic heatwaves is that they're jes' plain bone lazy. 1994Face Oct. 159/3 The ludicrously streamlined Renault Fuego and fish-tailed, curvadelic Opel Manta are..looking good again. 1998S. Reynolds Energy Flash iii. 72 The scallydelic wardrobe encompassed anything baggy..and brightly hued. 2001Guardian 2 Mar. (Rev. section) 19/3 In a world of..parka-wearing journeymen, at least he has the grace to hit the decks in full pimpadelic garb.
Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or designating a style of music which combines psychedelic characteristics with the style or genre indicated (by the first element)’.
Recorded earliest in funkadelic adj.
1970(title of record) Funkadelic. 1988Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 27 May vi. 20/5 Among the more popular bands are..a local rock 'n' roll band with a ‘Tex-adelic’ sound. 1991Oregonian (Nexis) 19 June d5 As if this vaguely retro bunch of grunge-edelic rocker dudes didn't have enough going against them. 1997D. Waller in D. Snowden Make Music go Bang! 126, I remember the Droogs putting out rock-solid punkadelic indie records.., but still having to go to Europe to get gigs. 2006Time Out N.Y. 4 May 128/1 It plays swingadelic rock. |