intoxicant
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Origin of intoxicant
1860–65; < Medieval Latin intoxicant- (stem of intoxicāns ), present participle of intoxicāre to poison. See in- 2, toxicant
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But that just means you have to treat this relationship as an intoxicant vs. nourishment.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021
Music is an intoxicant and a revelation, an accompaniment to mourning and to celebration; it bears the marks of both Apollo and Dionysus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2018
In “Sorry to Bother You, white voice is a dangerous intoxicant; in “BlackKkKlansman,” it is a stereotype the black man can deploy against its creators.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018
It’s a show about conversation and ideas, and the stiffest intoxicant is English Breakfast tea.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2015
I knew in a moment that the aum�nier was right, and that I must get the lad away at once from the intoxicant which nature poured out over this far-away city.
From Desert Air 1905 by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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