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inˈtoxicating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That intoxicates: see the vb.
1634Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 40 Hemlock, which he said was of a most venomous, somnifying, stupifying, and intoxicating quality. 1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. (1851) 196 (Deut. xxiv. 1, 2) Men might..live happily and healthfully, without the use of those intoxicating licors. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. vi. (1804) 22 An intoxicating piece of good fortune. 1848A. Tod Disc. 102 Beware of the intoxicating cup. 1894Sir E. Sullivan Woman 115 Of all the good gifts..the love of woman has been the most delicious, the most intoxicating, and even the least deceitful.
Hence inˈtoxicatingly adv.
1892Sat. Rev. 30 July 127/1 They will drink deeply, intoxicatingly, of the Pierian streams. |