intoxicant
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of intoxicant
1860–65; < Medieval Latin intoxicant- (stem of intoxicāns ), present participle of intoxicāre to poison. See in- 2, toxicant
Vocabulary lists containing intoxicant
Example Sentences
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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
It’s also a showcase of the manifold territory that is her style: There’s acoustic balladry, sighing neo-soul, and dance grooves that start in the hips and swirl into the head like an intoxicant.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018
There were familiar disputes about whether De Quincey was corrupting the young, but the main intoxicant on display was his prose, which derived its power from being written in the grip of its subject.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016
It was in her veins like an intoxicant, and in her eyes like fire, and thrilled in her nerves and beat in her arteries.
From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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