toxication
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of toxication
1815–25; < Medieval Latin toxicātiōn- (stem of toxicātiō ), equivalent to toxicāt ( us ) (past participle of toxicāre to poison; see toxic, -ate 1) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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An in toxication with history in the theater usually means that someone with the dramatic imagination of a file-card clerk has wandered into the library stacks and gone on a binge with a book.
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