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exhilaration|ɛgˌzɪləˈreɪʃən|
Also 7–8 exhileration.
[ad. late L. exhilarātiōn-em, n. of action f. exhilarāre to exhilarate.]
1. The action or means of exhilarating; a cheering or enlivening influence.
1623–6Cockeram, Exhileration. 1629J. Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 301 To use all..exhilarations for joy of the gods wedding. 1792V. Knox Serm. xi. 247 This remedy..enlivens..by an unnatural exhilaration. 1864Longfellow Falc. Ser. Feder. 139 There was..that wild exhilaration in the air.
2. The condition or feeling of being exhilarated.
1626Bacon Sylva §721 Exhilaration hath some Affinity with Joy. 1802Cogan Philos. Treat. Passions i. ii. (ed. 2) 63 Every species of torpor is subdued; an exhilaration succeeds. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxiv, A bill of fare that might kindle exhilaration in the breast of a misanthrope. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life x. v. 388 The feeling of..exhilaration will last for several hours. |