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titillating, ppl. a.|ˈtɪtɪleɪtɪŋ| [f. prec. + -ing2.] That titillates; pleasantly exciting, exhilarating, stimulating.
1712–14Pope Rape Lock v. 84 The pungent grains of titilating dust. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 27 A petty titillating sting, from affected point and wilful antithesis. 1902R. Broughton in Times 11 Nov., An object that has nothing of the..abnormal or the titillating. ¶b. Itching, tingling; craving, hankering.
1858Times 20 Nov. 8/5 [He] sits down with a titillating palate to his plump dainties. Hence ˈtitillatingly adv.
1876R. M. Jephson He would be a Soldier x, The chevaux-de-frise [moustache] wandered titillatingly about the wretched recruit's face. 1900R. Broughton Foes in Law xxiii, A fashionable preacher, while he titillatingly lashes smart bonnets. |