excitant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of excitant
1600–10; < Latin excitant- (stem of excitāns ), present participle of excitāre. See excite, -ant
Example Sentences
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But the search for the complex roach excitant was a needle-in-the-haystack challenge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baths.—One pound of salt to four gallons of water forms a suitable salt water bath acting as a tonic and excitant to the skin.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
What importance can this have, since all the difference depends on the position occupied by the excitant?
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred
It is, however, probable that the Address to the people, issued by Mr. Chase and his Free-soil friends in the latter part of January, furnished the necessary excitant.
From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William
For example, the exposure of a part of the body through a loss of the bed-clothes is a frequent excitant of distressing dreams.
From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James
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