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exhilarant, a. and n.|ɛgˈzɪlərənt|
[a. F. exhilarant, ad. L. exhilarant-em, pr. pple. of exhilarāre to exhilarate.]
A. adj. That exhilarates; exhilarating.
1866Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite xii. 294 The exhilarant draught in which they drank the mountain-joy. 1872Blackie Lays Highl. Introd. 49 The breeze..and the tide..impart a healthy and an exhilarant stimulus.
B. n. An exhilarating medicine.
1803Pilkington View Derbysh. I. 329 It has been holden in high repute as a cordial and exhilerant [sic]. 1839New Monthly Mag. LVII. 371 The use of this drug as an exhilarent [sic] is not confined to the poor. a1843Southey Doctor (1849) 164 An exhilarant and a cordial which rejoiced and strengthened him. 1868Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 3) 390 Exhilarants are medicines whose primary effect is to cause an exaltation of the spirits. |