intoxicantn.adj.
/ɪnˈtɒksᵻk(ə)nt/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtɑksəkənt/ A. n.
An intoxicating substance; esp. an alcoholic drink or a drug.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun]
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liquor1340
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cidera1382
dwale1393
sicera1400
barrelc1400
strong drinkc1405
watera1475
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tipple1581
amber1598
tickle-brain1598
malt pie1599
swill1602
spicket1615
lap1618
John Barleycornc1625
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upsy Friese1648
tipplage1653
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fuddle1680
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alcohol1742
the right stuff1748
intoxicant1757
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tear-brain1796
demon1799
rum1799
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gatter1818
wine(s) and spirit(s)1819
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medicine1847
stimulant1848
booze1859
tiddly1859
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nose paint1880
fixing1882
wet1894
rabbit1895
shicker1900
jollop1920
mule1920
giggle-water1929
rookus juice1929
River Ouse1931
juice1932
lunatic soup1933
wallop1933
skimish1936
sauce1940
turps1945
grog1946
joy juice1960
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > state of physical stupefaction > physically stupefying > that which
duller1620
stupefier1661
intoxicant1757
inebriant1813
stuporific1853
dullification1855
1757 Poison Detected i. 5 Our beer, the common beverage of the populace, is perniciated with the baleful properties of vitriol, or unwholsome intoxicants.
1863 Glasgow Morning Jrnl. 28 Apr. Eight o'clock morning is early enough to begin drinking or selling intoxicants.
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. ii. xvii. 643 A somewhat similar experience from another intoxicant, is recorded of himself by Dr. Laycock.
1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 316 The habit of indulging in intoxicants.
2001 S. Walton Out of It (2002) iv. 144 Peyote is a natural plant source of the hallucinogenic alkaloid mescaline, a potent intoxicant somewhat similar to LSD in its effects.
B. adj.
Causing intoxication; intoxicating.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] > causing
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intoxicating1606
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inebriating1806
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intoxicant1861
1861 Welcome Guest 4 415/1 Surely there is some fairy power Lurking unseen in this gloaming hour, Filling the room with intoxicant air And the head with a drowsy vision fair.
1882 H. D. Traill Sterne vi. 89 The full intoxicant effect which a bewildering succession of new sights and sounds will produce.
1983 Financial Times (Nexis) 23 May i. 17 Eric is disgraced once more for his association with sailors and his addiction to Soapo, an intoxicant cleaning fluid.
2006 Guardian 9 Jan. i. 9/2 An intoxicant plant from Thailand called Kratom is a big seller.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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