intoxication

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety

   The intoxication of wealth and power.

2. 2
   noun

   A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

   He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.

3. 3
   noun

   A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

   Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself.

4. 4
   noun

   a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

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