spacy

spacy
spacy (adj.) also spacey, 1885, "large, roomy, spacious," from SPACE (Cf. space) (n.) + -Y (Cf. -y) (2). Meaning "felt as characteristic of outer space" (especially with reference to electronic music) is attested from 1971, probably influenced by spaced-out (1965, American English slang), a reference to the behavior of people using hallucinogenic drugs (see SPACE (Cf. space) (v.)).

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