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19 words match “INTOXICATION”

INTOXICATION n. 3 definitions

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

AUTO-INTOXICATION n.

Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.

AUTOTOXAEMIA; AUTOTOXEMIA n.

Self-intoxication. See Auto-intoxication.

AUTOTOXICATION n.

Same as Auto-intoxication.

BACCHIC; BACCHICAL a.

Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.

d capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.

ake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.

Change of manner by drink; intoxication. Shak.

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication. The drunken quarrels of a rake. Swift.

DRUNKENNESS n. 2 definitions

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.

s sing at the same time different songs. [Slang] -- Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] Marryat. -- Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open. -- Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a…

Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety. "Ruinous ebriety." Cowper.

The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay.

INTOXICATEDNESS n.

The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness. [R.]

INTOXICATING a.

Producing intoxication; as, intoxicating liquors.

Antimonial intoxication or poisoning. Dunglison.

TEMULENCE; TEMULENCY n.

Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] "Their temulency." Jer. Taylor.

Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling. Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. Milton.

The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. Gen. ix. 24. Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape, etc. -- Spirit of wine. See under Spirit. -- To have drunk wine of ape or wine ape, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid,…