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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Certainly ill-fortune must have befallen some one to make the good man so exhilarant.
From Paul Prescott's Charge by Alger, Horatio
Belief which is never oxygenated by open confession can never nourish the soul into vigorous and exhilarant health.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
For months it had haunted him in his idle moments, inspiring him with vague and exhilarant emotions.
From The Gray Phantom by Landon, Herman
The knowledge seemed to have no very exhilarant effect, and in his case bore some resemblance to being born tired.
From The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The lecturer took it as a matter of course, and replied, "Oh, yes, you will find the whole atmosphere of Boston exhilarant with intellectual vitality."
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
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