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/ɪntˌɑksəkˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Intoxication n.

(Med.) A poisoning, as by a alcoholic or a narcotic substance.

The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.

A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness. "That secret intoxication of pleasure."

Synonyms: Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness.

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... journalistic intoxication seized him. He did not give Mr Myson an answer at once, but he gave himself an answer at once. He would go into the immense adventure. He was very friendly with the Signal people—certainly; but business was business, and the highest welfare of the ...

— The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

... the would-be homicide, "but I have one difficulty. When I make up my mind to remove a person by unconventional means (for choice, a carving-knife), and consume the necessary amount of alcohol to insure intoxication—" ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, September 17, 1892 • Various

... danger of injuring an innocent man because of his inability to prove an alibi. If Lawrence's story was true, it was perfectly natural that even in a condition of intoxication he would maintain his instinct for concealment of a personal weakness. The chances were then that no one had seen him either in Nashville—after the four o'clock train had left, or on the two a.m. train ...

— Midnight • Octavus Roy Cohen

... as such a slave, in boundless gratitude; but had he not rather held his own, and brought her to his feet, by assuming her devotion as his right? And if he assumed that, how far could she trust him not to abuse his claim? Was he quite as perfect, seen close, as seen afar off? And now that the intoxication of that meeting had passed off, she began to remember more than one little fault which she would have gladly seen mended. Certain roughnesses of manner which contrasted unfavorably with the polish (merely external though it was) of the Flemish and Norman knights; ...

— Hereward, The Last of the English • Charles Kingsley

... the summer twilight; 'and now for seven long blank weeks. Am I mad to-night? would it ever be possible? It is like the new heaven and the new earth only to think of it!' finished the young man, delirious with this sweet intoxication of possible and ...

— Lover or Friend • Rosa Nouchette Carey

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