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countable and uncountable, plural intoxications
A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance. examples
The state of being intoxicated or drunk. examples
The act of intoxicating or making drunk. examples
(figuratively) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness. quotations examples
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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 35