toxication

[ tok-si-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. poisoning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of toxication¹

1815–25; < Medieval Latin toxicātiōn- (stem of toxicātiō ), equivalent to toxicāt ( us ) (past participle of toxicāre to poison; toxic, -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

An in toxication with history in the theater usually means that someone with the dramatic imagination of a file-card clerk has wandered into the library stacks and gone on a binge with a book.

From Time Magazine Archive

In toxication has been also frequently resorted to for the same purpose.

From Project Gutenberg