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
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Psyche has loosed herself from the fettering contact of Daimon, and lo, now, how daintily she poises on tiptoe, fluttering her wings ere she launches like a star into the wide exhilarant ether!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various
I take the wildering whirl, enjoyment's keenest pain, Enamored hate, exhilarant disdain.
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
Of the syrup of Saffron, which is a slightly stimulating exhilarant, and which possesses a rich colour, from one to two teaspoonfuls may be given for a dose, with two tablespoonfuls of cold water.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Certainly ill-fortune must have befallen some one to make the good man so exhilarant.
From Paul Prescott's Charge by Horatio Alger
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 T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
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