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Definition of Intoxicant
1. Adjective. Causing.
2. Noun. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent. "Alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
Generic synonyms: Drug Of Abuse, Street Drug, Beverage, Drink, Drinkable, Potable
Specialized synonyms: Proof Spirit, Home Brew, Homebrew, Hooch, Hootch, Kava, Kavakava, Aperitif, Brew, Brewage, Rice Beer, Sake, Saki, Nipa, Vino, Wine, Booze, Hard Drink, Hard Liquor, John Barleycorn, Liquor, Spirits, Strong Drink, Ethyl Alcohol, Neutral Spirits, Pulque, Cordial, Liqueur, Mixed Drink, Hard Cider, Perry, Rotgut, Slug, Koumiss, Kumis
Derivative terms: Alcoholic, Alcoholize, Alcoholize, Inebriate, Intoxicate
3. Noun. A drug that can produce a state of intoxication.
Definition of Intoxicant
1. n. That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.
Definition of Intoxicant
1. Noun. That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants. ¹
2. Noun. Poison. ¹
3. Adjective. Intoxicating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intoxicant
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Medical Definition of Intoxicant
1. 1. Having the power to intoxicate. 2. An intoxicating agent, such as alcohol. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intoxicant
Literary usage of Intoxicant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study of Industrial Fluctuation: An Enquiry Into the Character and Causes by Dennis Holme Robertson (1915)
"GOLD,—MEDICINE, POISON, AND intoxicant. In the preceding sections we have been
assuming, in common with most writers on this topic, that an influx of new ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1889)
"... at least in its transitory use, that it is not dangerous even in serious heart
affections ; it also causes no intoxicant or excited conditions. ..."
3. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"... Egyptian belief in — Unequal yoking — Unmuzzled oxen — Valerian, as a cat
intoxicant—Vellum tinted—Village life—Watch-towers—Water supply—Water-wheels— ..."
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