intoxicant, a. and n.
(ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt)
[ad. med.L. intoxicānt-em, pr. pple. of intoxicāre to intoxicate: see -ant.]
A. adj. Intoxicating.
| 1882 Traill Sterne vi. 89 Written,..we can clearly see, under the full intoxicant effect which a bewildering succession of new sights and sounds will produce. |
B. n. An intoxicating substance or liquor.
| 1863 Glasgow Morn. Jrnl. 28 Apr., Eight o'clock morning is early enough to begin drinking or selling intoxicants. 1874 Carpenter Ment. Phys. ii. xvii. (1879) 643 A somewhat similar experience from another intoxicant, is recorded of himself by Dr. Laycock. 1883 C. J. Wills Mod. Persia 316 The habit of indulging in intoxicants. |