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intoxication

noun
/ɪntɑksɪˈkeɪʃən/US/ɪntɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/UK

Definitions

  1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

    • He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.

  2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk.

  3. The act of intoxicating or making drunk.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A high excitement of mind

      A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

      • Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intoxication. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at intoxication. 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 intoxication

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA