euphoricadj.n.

/juːˈfɒrik/

Etymology: < euphoria n.: see -ic suffix.

A. adj.

Pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by euphoria. Hence, characterized by a feeling of well-being, cheerful; also, producing or causing cheerfulness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > characterized by feeling of well-being

euphoric1888

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective] > euphoric

euphoric1888

1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 361 Dr. Battaglia produced [by hashish] a great variety of symptoms with great uniformity, but never the commonly reported euphoric apathy.

1925 W. McDougall Introd. Social Psychol. (ed. 2) 394 When we have laughed, we commonly experience..its pleasing euphoric effects.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 53 Come, peregrine nymph, display your warm Euphoric flanks in their full glory Of liberal life.

1951 R. Hoggart Auden vi. 196 Behind the slightly glittering euphoric exterior, the misery of a whole society.

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 426/4 The euphoric pipe-smoking President.

1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot ii. 271 It seemed impossible that she could truly be as euphoric as she seemed.

1959 Listener 20 Aug. 296/2 Two criminal alcoholics, one desperate, the other euphoric.

B. n.

A drug, etc., which produces a sense of euphoria; = euphoriant n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > euphoric drug

euphoric1934

euphoriant1947

up1969

1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1951 A. Burger Medicinal Chem. ii. 9 The South American Indians..chewed coca leaves as a stimulant and euphoric.

1958 A. Huxley Brave New World Revisited (1959) viii. 102 The classical euphoric, alcohol..in excessive doses, causes illness and addiction.

Derivatives

euˈphorically adv. in a euphoric manner; cheerfully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adverb] > characterized by feeling of well-being

euphorically1958

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adverb] > in euphoric manner

euphorically1958

1958 Observer 8 June 15/6 The picaresque Sgt. Bilko has been crackling on ingeniously and euphorically now for week after week after week.

1963 Times 15 Jan. 11/2 The euphorically minded husband.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	euphoric
释义	euphoricadj.n. /juːˈfɒrik/ Etymology: < euphoria n.: see -ic suffix. A. adj. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by euphoria. Hence, characterized by a feeling of well-being, cheerful; also, producing or causing cheerfulness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > characterized by feeling of well-being euphoric1888 the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective] > euphoric euphoric1888 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 361 Dr. Battaglia produced [by hashish] a great variety of symptoms with great uniformity, but never the commonly reported euphoric apathy. 1925 W. McDougall Introd. Social Psychol. (ed. 2) 394 When we have laughed, we commonly experience..its pleasing euphoric effects. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 53 Come, peregrine nymph, display your warm Euphoric flanks in their full glory Of liberal life. 1951 R. Hoggart Auden vi. 196 Behind the slightly glittering euphoric exterior, the misery of a whole society. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 426/4 The euphoric pipe-smoking President. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot ii. 271 It seemed impossible that she could truly be as euphoric as she seemed. 1959 Listener 20 Aug. 296/2 Two criminal alcoholics, one desperate, the other euphoric. B. n. A drug, etc., which produces a sense of euphoria; = euphoriant n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > euphoric drug euphoric1934 euphoriant1947 up1969 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1951 A. Burger Medicinal Chem. ii. 9 The South American Indians..chewed coca leaves as a stimulant and euphoric. 1958 A. Huxley Brave New World Revisited (1959) viii. 102 The classical euphoric, alcohol..in excessive doses, causes illness and addiction. Derivatives euˈphorically adv. in a euphoric manner; cheerfully. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adverb] > characterized by feeling of well-being euphorically1958 the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adverb] > in euphoric manner euphorically1958 1958 Observer 8 June 15/6 The picaresque Sgt. Bilko has been crackling on ingeniously and euphorically now for week after week after week. 1963 Times 15 Jan. 11/2 The euphorically minded husband. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.n.1888
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