Associations to the word «Intoxicant»

Wiktionary

INTOXICANT, noun. That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.
INTOXICANT, noun. Poison.
INTOXICANT, adjective. Intoxicating.

Dictionary definition

INTOXICANT, noun. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him".
INTOXICANT, noun. A drug that can produce a state of intoxication.
INTOXICANT, adjective. Causing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats