intoxicating

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in·tox·i·cat·ing

[in-tok-si-key-ting]
adjective
1.
causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
2.
exhilarating; exciting: an intoxicating idea.

Origin:
1625–35; intoxicate + -ing2

in·tox·i·cat·ing·ly, adverb
non·in·tox·i·cat·ing, adjective
non·in·tox·i·cat·ing·ly, adverb
un·in·tox·i·cat·ing, adjective
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in·tox·i·cate

[v. in-tok-si-keyt; adj. in-tok-suh-kit, -keyt] verb, in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, adjective
verb (used with object)
1.
to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
2.
to make enthusiastic; elate strongly, as by intoxicants; exhilarate: The prospect of success intoxicated him.
3.
Pathology. to poison.
verb (used without object)
4.
to cause or produce intoxication: having the power to intoxicate.
adjective
5.
Archaic. intoxicated.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin intoxicātus, past participle of intoxicāre to poison. See in-2, toxic, -ate1

in·tox·i·ca·ble [in-tok-si-kuh-buhl] , adjective
in·tox·i·ca·tor, noun
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intoxicate (ɪnˈtɒksɪˌkeɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (of an alcoholic drink) to produce in (a person) a state ranging from euphoria to stupor, usually accompanied by loss of inhibitions and control; make drunk; inebriate
2.  to stimulate, excite, or elate so as to overwhelm
3.  (of a drug) to poison
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from intoxicāre to poison, from Latin toxicum poison; see toxic]
 
in'toxicable
 
adj
 
in'toxicative
 
adj
 
in'toxicator
 
n

intoxicating (ɪnˈtɒksɪˌkeɪtɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (of an alcoholic drink) producing in a person a state ranging from euphoria to stupor, usually accompanied by loss of inhibitions and control; inebriating
2.  stimulating, exciting, or producing great elation
 
in'toxicatingly
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

intoxicate
early 15c., "full of poison" (pp. adj.), from M.L. intoxicatus, pp. of intoxicare "to poison," from L. in- "in" + toxicare "to poison," from toxicum "poison" (see toxic). The verb meaning "to poison" is first attested 1520s; meaning "make drunk" first recorded 1570s (implied in intoxicated).
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intoxicate in·tox·i·cate (ĭn-tŏk'sĭ-kāt')
v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates
To stupefy or excite, as by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.

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Example sentences
Many of them are in the grip of an intoxicating metaphysics of utterness that
  creates signature moments of total theatrics.
Walk into any fashion store and the scenes are visually intoxicating.
The tune was intoxicating, leaving all of us staring at the ground and bobbing
  our heads.
These were movies that loosened the tuxedo tie and the tongue to provide an
  intoxicated if not intoxicating diversion.
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