exhilarantadj.n.
/ᵻɡˈzɪlərənt/, /ᵻɡˈzɪlərn̩t/, /ɛɡˈzɪlərənt/, /ɛɡˈzɪlərn̩t/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɪlərənt/, /ɛɡˈzɪlərənt/ A. adj.
That exhilarates; exhilarating.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheering or suggestive of cheerfulness
comfortative1377
comfortive1377
cheerfula1440
comfortablec1460
cheering1549
sunny1565
sunshine1594
heartsome1596
sprightly1598
livening1605
brightening1642
exhilarating1644
encheering1652
cheery1655
spiriting1671
sunshiny1686
riant1720
sonsy1721
genial1747
cheerfulizing1840
cheer-up1846
enlivening1862
exhilarative1864
exhilarant1866
exhilaratory1871
heartening1895
1866 A. D. Whitney Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life xii, in Our Young People Dec. 734 The exhilarant draught in which they drank the mountain-joy.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands Introd. 49 The breeze..and the tide..impart a healthy and an exhilarant stimulus.
B. n.
An exhilarating medicine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > an exhilarating medicine
exhilarant1789
1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 329 It has been holden in high repute as a cordial and exhilerant [sic].
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 349 An exhilarant and a cordial which rejoiced and strengthened him.
1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 371 The use of this drug as an exhilarent [sic] is not confined to the poor.
1868 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 3) 390 Exhilarants are medicines whose primary effect is to cause an exaltation of the spirits.
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