titillatedadj.
/ˈtɪtᵻleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈtɪdəˌleɪdᵻd/ That has been titillated; esp. pleasantly excited or stimulated; (now usually) aroused to mild sexual excitement or interest.
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1780 Ride & Walk through Stourhead 15 Perfumes..are convey'd, To the sweet Dome and titillated Nerves.
1799 R. Southey Snuff 2 A delicate pinch! oh how it tingles up The titillated nose.
1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford III. ix. 200 No tidings whatsoever respecting him ever reached the titillated ears of his anxious neighbours.
1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World (1982) 82 I suppose he's found that this goes down very well with the sort of white women who get to know black men like him; they feel titillated and yet safe, at the same time.
2013 C. Rollyson Amy Lowell Anew iii. 67 A titillated audience..laughed at the vision of Lowell frolicking in her bath.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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