Intoxication \In*tox`i*ca"tion\, n.

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

2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.

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

That secret intoxication of pleasure. --Spectator.

Syn: Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)