intoxicant

[in-tok-si-kuhnt]

noun

1. an intoxicating intoxicating agent, as alcoholic liquor or certain drugs.

adjective

1. intoxicating intoxicating or exhilarating.

   the clear, intoxicant air of the mountains.

intoxicant

/ ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt /

noun

1. anything that causes intoxication

adjective

1. causing intoxication

Other Word Forms

• nonintoxicant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intoxicant¹

1860–65; < Medieval Latin intoxicant- (stem of intoxicāns ), present participle of intoxicāre to poison. See in- ², toxicant

Example Sentences

One way alienation found expression, said Reid, was in "those who seek to escape permanently from the reality of society through intoxicants and narcotics."

From BBC

The One Direction singer fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October after ingesting various intoxicants.

From Los Angeles Times

In the report, Goodman wrote that the “smell of intoxicants” wafted from the tactical vehicle operated by Cumberland County tactical team members, who said they were assisting after attending a funeral.

From Seattle Times

Witnesses said they thought Wierson was “under the influence of some type of intoxicant.”

From Seattle Times

The judge noted that intoxicants that might render women incapable of sexual consent, including GHB, were found in Robicheaux’s home, and described Spitzer’s claim that it was a manufactured case as “simply ludicrous.”

From Los Angeles Times