intoxicate
verbEtymology
First attested in 1450, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicaten, from intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from intoxicātus, perfect passive participle of intoxicō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Late Latin toxicō (“to smear, anoint with poison”), from toxicus (“toxic, poisonous”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón). By surface analysis, in- + toxic + -ate.
- derived from τοξικόν
- derived from toxicō
- inherited from intoxicaten
Definitions
To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
To excite to enthusiasm or madness.
Inebriated, intoxicated.
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Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
- Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.
Empoisoned, smeared with poison, rendered poisonous.
Killed by poison.
Caused by poison.
One who is intoxicated.
The neighborhood
- neighborintoxication
- neighborintoxicant
- neighbortoxic
- neighbortoxicant
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at intoxicate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at intoxicate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at intoxicate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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