psyched

From the verb psyche: (⇒ conjugate)

psyched is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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psy•che /ˈsaɪki/   n. [countable]

1. the human soul, spirit, or mind.
2. Psychiatry the mental or psychological structure of a person.

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psyche  (sīk), v.t. psyched, psych•ing. 

1. Informal Terms psych¹.

Psy•che  (sī′kē), n. 

1. Mythology [Class. Myth.] a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
2. (l.c.) the human soul, spirit, or mind.
3. Psychiatry (l.c.) Psychoanal. the mental or psychological structure of a person, esp. as a motive force.
4. Philosophy [Neoplatonism.] the second emanation of the One, regarded as a universal consciousness and as the animating principle of the world.
5. a female given name.

• Greek psȳché̄ literally, breath, derivative of psý̄chein to breathe, blow, hence, live (see psycho-)
• Latin psȳchē
• 1650–60 for def. 2

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psyche / ˈsaɪkɪ/ noun

1. the human mind or soul

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin, from Greek psukhē breath, soul; related to Greek psukhein to breathe