intoxication
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ɪntɑksɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • (RP) IPA: /ɪntɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/
Noun

intoxication

  1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
    He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
  2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
    Synonyms: inebriation, ebriety, drunkenness
  3. The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
  4. (figuratively) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 35 ↗:
      Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself.
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