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exhilarating, ppl. a.|ɛgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That exhilarates; cheering, enlivening, inspiriting.
1643Milton Divorce ii. ix. (1851) 87 Marriage..was especially giv'n as a cordiall and exhilarating cup of solace. 1708J. Philips Cyder ii. 66 A Continual Tide Flows from th' exhilerating Fount. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Denham, Nothing is less exhilarating than the ludicrousness of Denham. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. iv. (1879) 76 We..started for another exhilarating gallop. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xxv. 519 The air which was exhilarating to Europeans.
Hence eˈxhilaratingly adv.
1850in Ogilvie. |