Definition of Inebriant

1. Noun. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent. "Alcohol (or drink) ruined him"


Definition of Inebriant

1. a. Intoxicating.

2. n. Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant.

Definition of Inebriant

1. Noun. An Intoxicating agent. ¹

2. Adjective. Intoxicating; inebriating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inebriant

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inebriant

1. 1. Making drunk; intoxicating. 2. An intoxicant, such as alcohol. Origin: see inebriety (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inebriant

indwell
indwelled
indweller
indwellers
indwelling
indwelling catheter
indwelling catheters
indwellings
indwells
indwelt
inearth
inearthed
inearthing
inearths
inebriacy
inebriant (current term)
inebriants
inebriate
inebriated
inebriates
inebriateth
inebriating
inebriation
inebriations
inebrieties
inebriety
inebrious
inedia
inedibility
inedible

Literary usage of Inebriant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1863)
"It is a narcotic poison, and it is placed by Dr. Headland amongst the inebriant narcotics, of which he says,— "The medicines of this order, taking alcohol ..."

2. On the action of medicines in the system by Frederick William Headland (1868)
"Though possessing no marked stimulant power over the function of mind, like that of the inebriant Narcotics, yet they certainly exalt the activity of the ..."

3. Licensed Houses: An Examination of the License Law of the Commonwealth of by Lucius Manlius Sargent, M. L. V. (1833)
"With such the cheapest inebriant, and the most effectual in its operation ... A heavy duty on gin drives the tippler to beer or some cheaper inebriant; and, ..."

4. Monthly Journal of Medical Science (1853)
"Our distinction between a stimulant, our author's " inebriant," and a narcotic, his " soporific," is, that the former produces excitement, ..."

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