titillativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɪtᵻleɪtɪv/, U.S.

/ˈtɪdəˌleɪdɪv/

Forms: see titillate v. and -ive suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: titillate v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < titillate v. + -ive suffix; compare -ative suffix. Compare earlier titillating adj.

Pleasantly exciting or stimulating; (now usually) arousing mild sexual excitement or interest; tending to titillate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > tickling > [adjective]

tickling1558

titillative1700

titillatory1862

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > titillating

tickling1558

titillating1677

titillative1700

titillatory1763

titivating1820

tinglish1855

titivatory1975

1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd xli. 370 As an Alterative Emplostick, &c. it [sc. Opium] incides, resolves, discusses, mollefies, maturates, suppurates, and is psilothrick and titillative.

1736 Ld. Chesterfield in Fog's Jrnl. 24 Jan. One Publick Tickler of great Eminency,..whose Titillative Faculty must be allowed to be singly confined to the Ear.

1858 Hampshire Advertiser 10 July 5/6 This pleasingly titilative feeling swelled into positive extatic enjoyment.

1868 Huddersfield Chron. 8 Aug. 4/6 Porter and ale are made ‘palatable’ with..tobacco, wormwood..and several other substances of similar titilative powers.

1929 Sat. Rev. 6 Apr. 473/2 The whole thing was tuneful and gently titillative.

1976 L. A. Zurcher & R. G. Kirkpatrick Citizens for Decency viii. 254 The producer had contrived to include deliberately titillative content and thereby hoped to profit financially from the sale of the material.

2002 J. Barth in J. N. Duvall & A. J. Abadie Faulkner & Postmodernism 192 Pretty spicy stuff by my then standards, and illustrated with titillative line drawings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titillative
释义	titillativeadj. Brit. /ˈtɪtᵻleɪtɪv/, U.S. /ˈtɪdəˌleɪdɪv/ Forms: see titillate v. and -ive suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: titillate v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < titillate v. + -ive suffix; compare -ative suffix. Compare earlier titillating adj. Pleasantly exciting or stimulating; (now usually) arousing mild sexual excitement or interest; tending to titillate. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > tickling > [adjective] tickling1558 titillative1700 titillatory1862 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > titillating tickling1558 titillating1677 titillative1700 titillatory1763 titivating1820 tinglish1855 titivatory1975 1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd xli. 370 As an Alterative Emplostick, &c. it [sc. Opium] incides, resolves, discusses, mollefies, maturates, suppurates, and is psilothrick and titillative. 1736 Ld. Chesterfield in Fog's Jrnl. 24 Jan. One Publick Tickler of great Eminency,..whose Titillative Faculty must be allowed to be singly confined to the Ear. 1858 Hampshire Advertiser 10 July 5/6 This pleasingly titilative feeling swelled into positive extatic enjoyment. 1868 Huddersfield Chron. 8 Aug. 4/6 Porter and ale are made ‘palatable’ with..tobacco, wormwood..and several other substances of similar titilative powers. 1929 Sat. Rev. 6 Apr. 473/2 The whole thing was tuneful and gently titillative. 1976 L. A. Zurcher & R. G. Kirkpatrick Citizens for Decency viii. 254 The producer had contrived to include deliberately titillative content and thereby hoped to profit financially from the sale of the material. 2002 J. Barth in J. N. Duvall & A. J. Abadie Faulkner & Postmodernism 192 Pretty spicy stuff by my then standards, and illustrated with titillative line drawings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1700
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