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intoxication

[ in-tok-si-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. inebriation; drunkenness.
  2. an act or instance of intoxicating. intoxicating.
  3. overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
  4. Pathology. poisoning.


intoxication

/ ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

  1. drunkenness; inebriation
  2. great elation
  3. the act of intoxicating
  4. poisoning


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Other Words From

  • self-in·toxi·cation noun
  • semi-in·toxi·cation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of intoxication1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin intoxicātiōn- (stem of intoxicātiō ) a poisoning. See intoxicate, -ion

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Example Sentences

Frias—who was arrested in 2013 for interfering with public duties and public intoxication—was not carrying a gun at the time.

I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.

Kinkade had died of “acute ethanol and diazepam intoxication”—alcohol and Valium.

Like the intoxication and the power you would feel if you were suddenly an all-knowing entity.

States all across the country are reporting skyrocketing rates of intoxication, overdoses and death.

In smoking, they swallow the fumes of the tobacco which causes intoxication for a time.

That last moment, as she stepped lightly over the threshold of the library, was a sort of climax to the intoxication of youth.

The courts are still more reluctant to admit intoxication as an excuse for criminal acts.

When she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.

The danger of collapse was past for the present, but the deep sleep of utter intoxication still clung to the ruler of Asturia.

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