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intoxicant

WordNet
  1. (adj) intoxicant
    causing
  2. (n) intoxicant
    a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
  3. (n) intoxicant
    a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) intoxicant
    That which intoxicates; an intoxicating substance, as brandy, bhang, etc.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Intoxicant
    an intoxicating liquor
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Low L. intoxicāre, -ātumtoxicum—Gr. toxikon, a poison in which arrows were dipped—toxon, an arrow.

Usage in the news

There?s a reason boho perfumer Sanae Barber decided to call her company Sanae Intoxicants. laweekly.com

The Wisconsin State Patrol says Peter Collins, 52, was arrested for driving under the influence of an intoxicant around 8 pm Monday night. eau.com

14-60 months for driving under the influence of intoxicants. sungazette.com

BANGOR, Maine (AP) _ The drummer for rocker Ted Nugent has changed his plea to guilty to operating under the influence of intoxicants following a joyride in a golf cart after a concert in Bangor, Maine. mpbn.net

On the seatback on the China Eastern flight to Fukuoka today is this enticing advert for: "Gorgeous Human Origin Intoxicant Fertile Jianshi". icis.com

Officers in Oregon took a pet hamster into protective custody after its owner was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influences of intoxicants with the creature on her lap. abc4.com

As I was taught, the fifth precept includes being intoxicated by one's own ideas—not just the ingestion of intoxicants. tricycle.com

Spit 's deep growl is well met by a menacing beat — which features female R&Bist Bago on the hook — as he raps about dangerous intoxicants and doomed relationships. spin.com

The Antioxidant Intoxicant at The Corner, Our Drink of the Week. ocweekly.com

Usage in literature

Not so, however, with those who make money by the sale of intoxicants. "Civics and Health" by William H. Allen

The use of wine and all intoxicants is strictly forbidden. "Modern Persia" by Mooshie G. Daniel

Unlike other true Mussulmans, these Biadhiahs indulge in intoxicants and are very slack in religious observances. "Across Coveted Lands" by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

Royal was teasing me, sure of my refusal to indulge in any intoxicant. "Patchwork" by Anna Balmer Myers

They erect places for the sale of intoxicants. "The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52" by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

Even the women readily took a glass, though evidently less addicted to intoxicants than the men. "The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II" by A.E. Nordenskieold

Of poisons or intoxicants for capturing birds or animals, I do not intend to treat, as they are better left to gamekeepers and poachers. "Practical Taxidermy" by Montagu Browne

The use of certain mushrooms in making intoxicant beverages is referred to in Chapter XXII. "Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc." by George Francis Atkinson

And further I argued that I never tasted intoxicants. "Black Beaver" by James Campbell Lewis

Which it did, as a matter of fact, but it was a tonic, 'stead of actin' like an intoxicant. "Rimrock Trail" by J. Allan Dunn