intoxication

[ in-tok-si-key-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. inebriation; drunkenness.

  2. an act or instance of intoxicating.

  1. overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.

  2. Pathology. poisoning.

Origin of intoxication

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin intoxicātiōn- (stem of intoxicātiō) a poisoning. See intoxicate, -ion

Other words from intoxication

  • self-in·tox·i·ca·tion, noun
  • sem·i-in·tox·i·ca·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for intoxication

intoxication

/ (ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. drunkenness; inebriation

  2. great elation

  1. the act of intoxicating

  2. poisoning

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