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Definition: EXHILARANT

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. That which exhilarates.[Websters].
Adjective 1. Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.[Websters]
2. Being intoxicating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being exciting or stimulating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb exhilarantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(exhilarantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective exhilarant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Exhilarant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology:Exhilarant \Ex*hil"a*rant\, adjective. [Latin expression exhilarans. -antis, p. pr. See Exhilarate.]. (references)

Definition: EXHILARANT

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. That which exhilarates.[Websters].
Adjective1. Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.[Websters]
2. Being intoxicating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being exciting or stimulating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb exhilarantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(exhilarantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective exhilarant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EXHILARANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology:Exhilarant \Ex*hil"a*rant\, adjective. [Latin expression exhilarans. -antis, p. pr. See Exhilarate.]. (references)