intoxicating vs spiritous

intoxicating

adj
  • Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant. 

  • Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant. 

spiritous

adj
  • high-spirited 

  • spirituous 

  • of the nature of spirit 

  • pure; ardent 

How often have the words intoxicating and spiritous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )