titivatoryadj.
/ˌtɪtᵻˈveɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌtɪdəˈveɪdəri/ Arousing mild sexual excitement or interest; salacious, titillating. Cf. titillatory adj.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > titillating
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titivatory1975
1975 Time Out 24 Jan. 5/2 All the magazine lacks is a titivatory piece on ‘what they do in bed’.
2013 Euphrosyne: Revista de Filolgia Classica 41 368 This titivatory feature of Hironymian imiitatio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1975- spear-pierced
- spear-pile
- spear-planer
- spear-play
- spear-point
- spear-pointed
- spear-pricking
- spear-print
- spear-running
- spear-shaft
- spear-shaken
- spear-shaking
- spear-shaped
- spear-side
- spear-skilled
- spear-splintering
- spear-staff
- spear-stick
- spear-storm
- spear-straight
- spear-stroke
- spear-stuck
- spear-swept
- spear-tassel
- spear-throw