Psych-Oとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, General Australian) IPA: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/
• 韻: -aɪkəʊ

語源 1

Clipping of psychotic or psychopath +‎ -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.

形容詞

psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)

1. (colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 258:

     That psycho jawn had snuck a pistol into the gym while we was practicing and started shooting shit up like she was some kinda hot female action hero.

   • 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell‎, performed by Ava Max:

     Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"

名詞

psycho (plural psychos)

1. (chiefly derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.

   Synonyms: freak, loony, nutcase, wacko

   The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.

   • 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell‎, performed by Ava Max:

     Oh, she's hot but a psycho / So left but she's right, though / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"

2. (chiefly derogatory, slang, loosely) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.

   Synonyms: creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo

   She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.

派生語

語源 2

Clipping of psychology.

名詞

psycho (uncountable)

1. (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.

   I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.

語源

From Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-), combining form of ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.kəʊ/, [ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯]
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.koʊ/, (Canadian raising) [ˈsʌɪ̯.koʊ̯]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈsɑe.kəʉ/, (some speakers) [ˈsɑe̯.kɐʉ̯]
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.kɐʉ/, [ˈsɑe̯.kɐʉ̯]

接頭辞

psycho-

1. Relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology.
   • 2012, Richard Overy, “The Mind of Evil”, in Literary Review, number 399:

     This endeavour forms the core of Daniel Pick's fascinating study of the mobilisation of psychoanalysis not only for the Allied war effort, but for a postwar world momentarily seduced by the idea that war and violence might be eridicated by a bit of psycho-science.

派生語

参考

• psyche
• psycho

参照

• Definition of psych - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary