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intoxicant, a. and n.|ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt|
[ad. med.L. intoxicānt-em, pr. pple. of intoxicāre to intoxicate: see -ant.]
A. adj. Intoxicating.
1882Traill Sterne vi. 89 Written,..we can clearly see, under the full intoxicant effect which a bewildering succession of new sights and sounds will produce.
B. n. An intoxicating substance or liquor.
1863Glasgow Morn. Jrnl. 28 Apr., Eight o'clock morning is early enough to begin drinking or selling intoxicants. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. ii. xvii. (1879) 643 A somewhat similar experience from another intoxicant, is recorded of himself by Dr. Laycock. 1883C. J. Wills Mod. Persia 316 The habit of indulging in intoxicants. |