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Webster 1913 Edition


Intoxication

In-toxˊi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
1.
(Med.)
A poisoning, as by a alcoholic or a narcotic substance.
2.
The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
2.
A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
Syn. – Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See
Drunkenness
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Intoxication

INTOXICA'TION

,
Noun.
Inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of making drunk.

Definition 2024


intoxication

intoxication

English

Noun

intoxication (countable and uncountable, plural intoxications)

  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; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
  3. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

Translations


French

Etymology

From intoxiquer + -tion

Noun

intoxication f (plural intoxications)

  1. poisoning
  2. the act of spreading false information or propaganda

Usage notes

In French, the word intoxication is used more broadly than in English to refer to the poisoning of an organism by a variety of means such as herbicide or poisonous gas as well as by alcohol or narcotics.