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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“Et c’est quelque chose d’extraordinairement excitant pour moi.”
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
But the search for the complex roach excitant was a needle-in-the-haystack challenge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Uses.—The rue of the European, American and Indian pharmacopœias is emmenagogue, antispasmodic, anthelmintic, excitant, diaphoretic, antiseptic and abortive.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
I at first say that this object is an excitant.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred
The immediate excitant of his unrest was found in the college students, who passed his place of business at all hours of the day.
From The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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