exhilarant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of exhilarant
1795–1805; < Latin exhilarant- (stem of exhilarāns ), present participle of exhilarāre to gladden. See exhilarate, -ant
Example Sentences
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The exhilarant air gives ecstasy to body, the new visions intensity of feeling to soul.
From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White
Certainly ill-fortune must have befallen some one to make the good man so exhilarant.
From Paul Prescott's Charge by Alger, Horatio
A keen smell of the far ocean came to their nostrils and the air was clear and exhilarant.
From The Nine-Tenths by Oppenheim, James
I take the wildering whirl, enjoyment's keenest pain, Enamored hate, exhilarant disdain.
From Faust by Taylor, Bayard
We weave together all sweet, beautiful, delicate, exhilarant words; we weave them into letters, and then we spell it out in rose and lily and amaranth.
From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
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