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A temporary chemical state that impairs judgment and coordination, with effects that vary widely in severity.
means The state of being impaired by alcohol or another substance, mentally or physically, from mild giddiness to full loss of control.
from Traces back to the medieval Latin 'intoxicare' — 'to poison' — built from 'in-' (into) plus 'toxicare,' from 'toxicum,' meaning poison, which itself comes from Greek 'toxikon,' the poison smeared on arrows ('toxon' = bow). So the word's ancestry runs straight through weaponry: a drink strong enough to put you under was, etymologically, akin to being shot with a poisoned arrow. The sense narrowed over centuries from 'poisoned' generally to specifically 'drunk.'
- origin
- from toxon, greek for arrow poison
- legal line
- 0.08 percent blood alcohol in most us states
- brain effect
- slows glutamate, your brain's main gas pedal
- myth
- coffee sobers you up, it just makes you alert and drunk