intoxication
nounUS /ɪntɑksɪˈkeɪʃən/ · UK /ɪntɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/
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.
3
The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
4
Figuratively A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
- 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:
- Derived terms
- alcohol intoxication, auto-intoxication, autointoxication, infoxication, lipointoxication, monointoxication, postintoxication, public intoxication, reintoxication, water intoxication