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excitant en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. exciting; stimulating

Forms

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most excitant Degree=Sup lexicographic
more excitant Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (5)

bg възбуждащ (exciting; stimulating) · bg възбудителен (exciting; stimulating) · ru возбуждающий (exciting; stimulating) · ru стимулирующий (exciting; stimulating) · ga spreagthach (exciting; stimulating)

excitant en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant.
    • Ovid, the amatory poet, describes a professional dancing-girl, whose subtle bodily movements are such an excitant as to provoke, in an ascetic such as the ancient Hippolytus, a priapean condition. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 85:

Forms

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excitants Number=Plur lexicographic