intoxication

[ in-tok-si-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. inebriation; drunkenness.
2. an act or instance of intoxicating. intoxicating.
3. overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
4. Pathology. poisoning.

intoxication

/ ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. drunkenness; inebriation
2. great elation
3. the act of intoxicating
4. poisoning

Other Words From

• self-in·toxi·cation noun
• semi-in·toxi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of intoxication¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin intoxicātiōn- (stem of intoxicātiō ) a poisoning. See intoxicate, -ion

Example Sentences

They booked him for violation of the emergency order, public intoxication and resisting arrest.

From ProPublica

Those charges ranged in severity, from public intoxication to DWI and assault.

From ProPublica

Arrested on a public intoxication charge and for violation of the stay-home orders, Torres couldn’t afford to pay the $150 he owed on his bond.

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Now, Harmon watched her irises shaking involuntarily, a sign of intoxication.

From ProPublica

He said he walked out the next morning with a booking document for “public intoxication” and a ticket for seditious language in his pocket.

From Voice of San Diego

Frias—who was arrested in 2013 for interfering with public duties and public intoxication—was not carrying a gun at the time.

From The Daily Beast

I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.

From The Daily Beast

Kinkade had died of “acute ethanol and diazepam intoxication”—alcohol and Valium.

From The Daily Beast

Like the intoxication and the power you would feel if you were suddenly an all-knowing entity.

From The Daily Beast

States all across the country are reporting skyrocketing rates of intoxication, overdoses and death.

From The Daily Beast

In smoking, they swallow the fumes of the tobacco which causes intoxication for a time.

From Project Gutenberg

That last moment, as she stepped lightly over the threshold of the library, was a sort of climax to the intoxication of youth.

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The courts are still more reluctant to admit intoxication as an excuse for criminal acts.

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When she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.

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The danger of collapse was past for the present, but the deep sleep of utter intoxication still clung to the ruler of Asturia.

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Related Words

• drunkenness
• inebriety