intoxication
noun
inebriation; drunkenness.
semi-intoxication
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a word derived from
intoxication.
Example Sentences
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The girl's heart sickened under the brutal frankness of a dozen calculating eyes, yet she valiantly maintained her part, while Shirley marveled at her clever simulation of silly, giggly, semi-intoxication.
From The Voice on the Wire by Eustace Hale Ball
Dave did not drink, and those confidences peculiar to a state of semi-intoxication were denied him.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
A momentary disappointment when he saw how little James's draft was—then a sense of that semi-intoxication which comes upon a poor man when a sum of money falls into his hands—gradually invaded his soul.
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
Her appetite was insatiable; all day long she lived in a semi-intoxication born of an unaccustomed altitude.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
