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in⋅tox⋅i⋅ca⋅tion

   [in-tok-si-key-shuhn]
–noun
1. inebriation; drunkenness.
2. an act or instance of intoxicating.
3. overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
4. Pathology. poisoning.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML intoxicātiōn- (s. of intoxicātiō) a poisoning. See intoxicate, -ion
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in·tox·i·ca·tion     (ĭn-tŏk'sĭ-kā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Stupefaction or excitement by the action of a chemical substance.
  2. Exhilaration, excitement, or euphoria.
  3. Poisoning by a drug or toxic substance.

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intoxication

noun
1. the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance [syn: poisoning] 
2. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: drunkenness] [ant: soberness] 
3. excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the intoxication of wealth and power" 

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Intoxication

Drunk"en*ness\, n. 1. The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

The Lacedemonians trained up their children to hate drunkenness by bringing a drunken man into their company. --I. Watts.

2. Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage.

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. -- South.

Syn: Intoxication; inebriation; inebriety. -- Drunkenness, Intoxication, Inebriation. Drunkenness refers more to the habit; intoxication and inebriation, to specific acts. The first two words are extensively used in a figurative sense; a person is intoxicated with success, and is drunk with joy. "This plan of empire was not taken up in the first intoxication of unexpected success." --Burke.

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