provocativeadj.n.

Brit.

/prəˈvɒkətɪv/, U.S.

/prəˈvɑkədɪv/,

/proʊˈvɑkədɪv/

Forms: late Middle English prouocative, late Middle English prouocatyve, late Middle English provocatyue, late Middle English–1500s prouocatyue, 1500s–1600s prouocatiue, 1600s provocatiue, 1600s provokative, 1600s– provocative; Scottish pre-1700 prouocative, pre-1700 prouocatyue, pre-1700 1700s– provocative.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French provocatif; Latin provocativus.

Etymology: < Middle French provocatif (in medical use) having the property of provoking a reaction, condition, etc. (c1381), having the quality of provoking or calling forth (1486) and its etymon post-classical Latin provocativus having the quality of provoking or calling forth (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin prōvocāt- , past participial stem of prōvocāre provoke v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Old Occitan provocatiu (14th cent.), Catalan provocatiu (a1403 or earlier), Spanish provocativo (1530), Portuguese provocativo (15th cent.), Italian provocativo (14th cent.). With use as noun compare post-classical Latin provocativum (neuter) medicine or remedy that induces a certain condition (13th cent. in a British source).

A. adj.

†1. That elicits forgiveness from God. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 215 (MED) Alle children synnyng..myȝte deserue forȝeuenes of synne and deserve meede of glorie by prouocative meenys..as ben repentaunce, louly preier, forberyng synne.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 47 (MED) Þe formest dede among þo prouocatyve meenys..is contricioun.

2. That excites appetite or lust; spec. intended or intending to arouse sexual desire or interest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > causing sexual excitement or desire

sweet in (the, one's) beda1300

provocatoryc1443

provocative?a1505

marrow-burning?1592

marrow-eating1593

marrow-melting1593

tickle1604

marrow-boiling1605

venereous1611

venerious1620

veneral1651

aphrodisiacal1719

erogenic1887

erogenous1889

erotogenic1909

erotogenous1928

pervy1945

bodacious1991

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > inciting to lust or lechery

lecherousa1382

provocatoryc1443

provocative?a1505

lascivious1589

libidinous1601

flesh-enraging?1605

lustful?1610

tentiginous1684

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 226 in Poems (1981) 118 Vnder smyling scho was dissimulait, Prouocatiue with blenkis amorous.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. f. 106 A man maye feele himselfe lighter and lustyer, and hauing disburdened..himselfe of his prouocatiue superfluous Sperme, to fetch his breath the better.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 65 To seeke after meats and provocatiue drugs, to enflame and stirre vp their beastly lustes.

1642 F. Kinnaston Leoline & Sydanis 141 It hath a quality provocative: For Venus in the Sugars propagation Is said to have a soveraigne domination.

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 381 Diseases..have been augmented by cookery, with its stimulating provocative arts.

1836 N. P. Willis Inklings of Adventure II. 40 This..has a spell in its spicy breath provocative as a philtre, and is to be burnt in your lady's chamber.

1897 G. Gissing Whirlpool i. vi. 60 Her mouth, no longer mobile and provocative, trembled on the verge of sobs, pathetic, childlike.

1933 F. Baldwin Innocent Bystander (1935) ix. 172 She hadn't bothered to be exotic and provocative with him.

1960 Guardian 22 July 7/2 Three East Berlin peroxide girls whose beehives tower over provocative curves.

1998 I. Rankin Beggars Banquet (2002) 220 From their looks, Caldwell knew they were playing some provocative game of footsie under the table.

3. Having the quality of provoking, inciting, or giving rise to a specified state, condition, etc. (sometimes with of, formerly also †to); spec. causing anger or another strong reaction, esp. deliberately; stimulating, irritating, challenging.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] > causing anger

angering1596

provocativea1600

incensive1633

provokinga1643

provocating1651

aggravating1685

inflammatorya1711

provocatory1870

hackle-raising1935

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] > irritating

stinginga1250

provocativea1600

nettling1607

provokinga1643

provocating1651

urging1655

aggravating1685

irritating1707

piquing1794

enfevering1799

naggy1825

exasperative1837

raspish1854

exasperating1858

nagging1859

riling1860

provocatory1870

irritative1878

enraging1880

irritant1885

naggish1885

antagonizing1896

teasy1901

soddish1922

pissy1930

jerk1947

needling1958

the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > instigating or calling forth

evocative1657

provocative1812

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 456^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) This mekillwort..is ane herbe..having liquore provocative to sleip.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 99 Not to be hasty, rash, provocative, or upbraiding in our language.

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 41 The people..accosted him with reviling and provocative language.

1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 7 Dec. 769/1 Hard of digestion or provocative of fever.

1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xv. 331 Pescara..determined on adopting the part of provocative agent instead of rebel.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 208 Rich endowments have not been found in practice invariably provocative of mental activity.

1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 270 Pace and progress pleased him less and less; there was an ostentation, too, about a car which he considered provocative in the prevailing mood of Labour.

1940 W. C. Reckless Criminal Behaviour i. 2 Determining what factors are provocative of criminal behavior and to what degree.

1967 A. Djoleto Strange Man vii. 114 He saw a boy..making faces at him, sticking his tongue out at him and then grinning in the most provocative manner.

1992 Mod. Painters Spring 17/1 Dix was a provocative artist: he liked to paint what he knew people wouldn't like to look at.

B. n. Frequently with to, of.

1. Anything that excites appetite or lust; esp. an aphrodisiac. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > that which excites

provocativea1450

brandy1903

turn-on1969

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > anything inciting lust or lechery

provocativea1450

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > aphrodisiac

aphrodisiac1710

provocative1790

love-juice1972

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1608 For luste of hire wommen & plesaunce..þei receyuen eeke prouocatyues Tengendre hem luste.

?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth liii. f. lxxiiii Thynges as be norisshynges or prouocatiues to glotony.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. B.vii^v This sinne of excesse in Apparell, remayneth as an Example of euyll before our eyes, and as a prouocatiue to sinne, as Experience daylye sheweth.

1630 M. Drayton David & Goliah in Muses Elizium 204 His locks of hayre,..Tost to and fro, did with such pleasure moue, As they had beene prouocatiues for loue.

1684 T. Otway Atheist iii. 30 Wealth is a great Provocative to am'rous heat.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 88 Such rare and exquisite provocatives as the examples of the night had proved towards..exalting our pleasures.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 93 Swallowing down repeated provocatives of cantharides.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 236 Men of palsied imaginations..greedy after vicious provocatives.

1859 J. S. Knowles William Tell i. i. 120 My fair May lack no sweet provocative of love.

1993 A. Brink On Contrary i. 60 They are the most intemperate wretches upon earth..and greedily swallow, and enflame themselves with, all the provocatives they can come at till they are got with child.

2. gen. Something that provokes or produces an action, reaction, condition, etc.; an incentive, stimulus.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates

prickleOE

pritchOE

alighting1340

brodc1375

bellowsc1386

pricka1387

motivec1390

prompting1402

preparativec1450

stirmentc1460

incentive?a1475

fomenta1500

farda1522

instigation1526

pointing1533

swinge1548

spur1551

whetstone1551

goad1567

promptitude1578

alarm1587

inducement1593

solicitor1594

incitement1596

inflammation1597

instance1597

excitement1604

moving spirit1604

heart-blood1606

inflamer1609

rouser1611

stimulator1614

motioner1616

incensivea1618

incitative1620

incitation1622

whettera1625

impulsivea1628

excitation1628

incendiary1628

dispositive1629

fomentationa1631

switch1630

stirrer1632

irritament1634

provocative1638

impetus1641

driving force1642

driving power1642

engagement1642

firer1653

propellant1654

fomentary1657

impulse1660

urgency1664

impeller1686

fillip1699

shove1724

incitive1736

stimulative1747

bonus1787

stimulus1791

impellent1793

stimulant1794

propulsion1800

instigant1833

propulsive1834

motive power1836

evoker1845

motivity1857

afflatus1865

flip1881

urge1882

agent provocateur1888

will to power1896

a shot in the arm1922

motivator1929

driver1971

co-driver1993

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 118 The Pagans..made the fury and anger of the English meere provocatives of scorne and laughter.

1703 Earl of Orrery As you find It iv. iii. 53 The dullness of the Preacher doth not chance to prove a sufficient provocative to mortification.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶5 To examine into the several Provocatives of Laughter in Men of superior Sense and Knowledge.

1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor IV. xiv. 193 The desire of wealth and fame are two of the strongest provocatives to faith that the sagacity of selfishness has ever yet discovered.

1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 66 Vanity is another provocative of lies.

1888 W. Denton Eng. in 15th Cent. iii. 202 Precautions were taken..to prevent the adulteration of these drinks with peony seed,..and other provocatives to thirst.

1907 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 22 209 These have been interpreted, according to the law of the association of ideas, as provocatives of the hallucinations.

1964 P. E. Coletta W. J. Bryan III. i. 3 Bryan..sincerely believed that military preparedness was a provocative of war rather than a safeguard of peace.

1991 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 63 822 How does Mayer's most recent book, Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? fit into this succession of provocatives?

Derivatives

proˈvocatively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > [adverb] > in manner to cause anger

splenously1606

provocatively1661

provokingly1705

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adverb] > in irritating manner

to the sensea1616

provocatively1661

provokingly1705

aggravatingly1747

exasperatingly1851

irritatingly1865

naggingly1895

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adverb]

provokingly1615

erotically1882

provocatively1882

sexily1929

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adverb] > in a manner exciting lust

provokingly1615

provocatively1882

1661 H. Dawbeny Sober Disc. Liturgies xiii. 59 To convince us, over whom he so provocatively insults.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 192 A red flower set provocatively in her corset.

1988 R. Christiansen Romantic Affinities iii. 181 She..followed the custom of receiving morning visitors in bed, provocatively revealing her Rubensesque flesh and form.

proˈvocativeness n. provokingness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > causing anger > quality or condition of causing

provocativeness1684

provokingness1837

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating > irritating quality

provocativeness1684

irritancy1834

provokingness1837

naggingness1898

1684 R. Burthogge Argument Infants Baptisme ii. 83 Sensible of the great Provokativeness, and of the as great Unfitness and Undecency of it.

1713 J. Bernard Lives Rom. Emperors (ed. 2) I. 187 He seldom was without all Sorts of Beans, Pease, and Pulse-meats at his Table, for the benefit of their provocativeness.

1881 J. Ruskin in 19th Cent. Oct. 526 It is..only when he has lost his temper that the inherent provocativeness comes out.

1994 Independent on Sunday 4 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 34/2 The mood of Ballard's novel to this point is teasing and sardonic—a bit uncomfortable, too... It's so aware of its provocativeness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	provocative
释义	provocativeadj.n. Brit. /prəˈvɒkətɪv/, U.S. /prəˈvɑkədɪv/, /proʊˈvɑkədɪv/ Forms: late Middle English prouocative, late Middle English prouocatyve, late Middle English provocatyue, late Middle English–1500s prouocatyue, 1500s–1600s prouocatiue, 1600s provocatiue, 1600s provokative, 1600s– provocative; Scottish pre-1700 prouocative, pre-1700 prouocatyue, pre-1700 1700s– provocative. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French provocatif; Latin provocativus. Etymology: < Middle French provocatif (in medical use) having the property of provoking a reaction, condition, etc. (c1381), having the quality of provoking or calling forth (1486) and its etymon post-classical Latin provocativus having the quality of provoking or calling forth (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin prōvocāt- , past participial stem of prōvocāre provoke v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Old Occitan provocatiu (14th cent.), Catalan provocatiu (a1403 or earlier), Spanish provocativo (1530), Portuguese provocativo (15th cent.), Italian provocativo (14th cent.). With use as noun compare post-classical Latin provocativum (neuter) medicine or remedy that induces a certain condition (13th cent. in a British source). A. adj. †1. That elicits forgiveness from God. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 215 (MED) Alle children synnyng..myȝte deserue forȝeuenes of synne and deserve meede of glorie by prouocative meenys..as ben repentaunce, louly preier, forberyng synne. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 47 (MED) Þe formest dede among þo prouocatyve meenys..is contricioun. 2. That excites appetite or lust; spec. intended or intending to arouse sexual desire or interest. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > causing sexual excitement or desire sweet in (the, one's) beda1300 provocatoryc1443 provocative?a1505 marrow-burning?1592 marrow-eating1593 marrow-melting1593 tickle1604 marrow-boiling1605 venereous1611 venerious1620 veneral1651 aphrodisiacal1719 erogenic1887 erogenous1889 erotogenic1909 erotogenous1928 pervy1945 bodacious1991 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > inciting to lust or lechery lecherousa1382 provocatoryc1443 provocative?a1505 lascivious1589 libidinous1601 flesh-enraging?1605 lustful?1610 tentiginous1684 a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 226 in Poems (1981) 118 Vnder smyling scho was dissimulait, Prouocatiue with blenkis amorous. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. f. 106 A man maye feele himselfe lighter and lustyer, and hauing disburdened..himselfe of his prouocatiue superfluous Sperme, to fetch his breath the better. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 65 To seeke after meats and provocatiue drugs, to enflame and stirre vp their beastly lustes. 1642 F. Kinnaston Leoline & Sydanis 141 It hath a quality provocative: For Venus in the Sugars propagation Is said to have a soveraigne domination. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 381 Diseases..have been augmented by cookery, with its stimulating provocative arts. 1836 N. P. Willis Inklings of Adventure II. 40 This..has a spell in its spicy breath provocative as a philtre, and is to be burnt in your lady's chamber. 1897 G. Gissing Whirlpool i. vi. 60 Her mouth, no longer mobile and provocative, trembled on the verge of sobs, pathetic, childlike. 1933 F. Baldwin Innocent Bystander (1935) ix. 172 She hadn't bothered to be exotic and provocative with him. 1960 Guardian 22 July 7/2 Three East Berlin peroxide girls whose beehives tower over provocative curves. 1998 I. Rankin Beggars Banquet (2002) 220 From their looks, Caldwell knew they were playing some provocative game of footsie under the table. 3. Having the quality of provoking, inciting, or giving rise to a specified state, condition, etc. (sometimes with of, formerly also †to); spec. causing anger or another strong reaction, esp. deliberately; stimulating, irritating, challenging. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] > causing anger angering1596 provocativea1600 incensive1633 provokinga1643 provocating1651 aggravating1685 inflammatorya1711 provocatory1870 hackle-raising1935 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] > irritating stinginga1250 provocativea1600 nettling1607 provokinga1643 provocating1651 urging1655 aggravating1685 irritating1707 piquing1794 enfevering1799 naggy1825 exasperative1837 raspish1854 exasperating1858 nagging1859 riling1860 provocatory1870 irritative1878 enraging1880 irritant1885 naggish1885 antagonizing1896 teasy1901 soddish1922 pissy1930 jerk1947 needling1958 the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > instigating or calling forth evocative1657 provocative1812 a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 456^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) This mekillwort..is ane herbe..having liquore provocative to sleip. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 99 Not to be hasty, rash, provocative, or upbraiding in our language. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 41 The people..accosted him with reviling and provocative language. 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 7 Dec. 769/1 Hard of digestion or provocative of fever. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xv. 331 Pescara..determined on adopting the part of provocative agent instead of rebel. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 208 Rich endowments have not been found in practice invariably provocative of mental activity. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 270 Pace and progress pleased him less and less; there was an ostentation, too, about a car which he considered provocative in the prevailing mood of Labour. 1940 W. C. Reckless Criminal Behaviour i. 2 Determining what factors are provocative of criminal behavior and to what degree. 1967 A. Djoleto Strange Man vii. 114 He saw a boy..making faces at him, sticking his tongue out at him and then grinning in the most provocative manner. 1992 Mod. Painters Spring 17/1 Dix was a provocative artist: he liked to paint what he knew people wouldn't like to look at. B. n. Frequently with to, of. 1. Anything that excites appetite or lust; esp. an aphrodisiac. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > that which excites provocativea1450 brandy1903 turn-on1969 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > anything inciting lust or lechery provocativea1450 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > aphrodisiac aphrodisiac1710 provocative1790 love-juice1972 a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1608 For luste of hire wommen & plesaunce..þei receyuen eeke prouocatyues Tengendre hem luste. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth liii. f. lxxiiii Thynges as be norisshynges or prouocatiues to glotony. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. B.vii^v This sinne of excesse in Apparell, remayneth as an Example of euyll before our eyes, and as a prouocatiue to sinne, as Experience daylye sheweth. 1630 M. Drayton David & Goliah in Muses Elizium 204 His locks of hayre,..Tost to and fro, did with such pleasure moue, As they had beene prouocatiues for loue. 1684 T. Otway Atheist iii. 30 Wealth is a great Provocative to am'rous heat. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 88 Such rare and exquisite provocatives as the examples of the night had proved towards..exalting our pleasures. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 93 Swallowing down repeated provocatives of cantharides. View more context for this quotation 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 236 Men of palsied imaginations..greedy after vicious provocatives. 1859 J. S. Knowles William Tell i. i. 120 My fair May lack no sweet provocative of love. 1993 A. Brink On Contrary i. 60 They are the most intemperate wretches upon earth..and greedily swallow, and enflame themselves with, all the provocatives they can come at till they are got with child. 2. gen. Something that provokes or produces an action, reaction, condition, etc.; an incentive, stimulus. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 118 The Pagans..made the fury and anger of the English meere provocatives of scorne and laughter. 1703 Earl of Orrery As you find It iv. iii. 53 The dullness of the Preacher doth not chance to prove a sufficient provocative to mortification. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶5 To examine into the several Provocatives of Laughter in Men of superior Sense and Knowledge. 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor IV. xiv. 193 The desire of wealth and fame are two of the strongest provocatives to faith that the sagacity of selfishness has ever yet discovered. 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 66 Vanity is another provocative of lies. 1888 W. Denton Eng. in 15th Cent. iii. 202 Precautions were taken..to prevent the adulteration of these drinks with peony seed,..and other provocatives to thirst. 1907 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 22 209 These have been interpreted, according to the law of the association of ideas, as provocatives of the hallucinations. 1964 P. E. Coletta W. J. Bryan III. i. 3 Bryan..sincerely believed that military preparedness was a provocative of war rather than a safeguard of peace. 1991 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 63 822 How does Mayer's most recent book, Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? fit into this succession of provocatives? Derivatives proˈvocatively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [adverb] > in manner to cause anger splenously1606 provocatively1661 provokingly1705 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adverb] > in irritating manner to the sensea1616 provocatively1661 provokingly1705 aggravatingly1747 exasperatingly1851 irritatingly1865 naggingly1895 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adverb] provokingly1615 erotically1882 provocatively1882 sexily1929 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adverb] > in a manner exciting lust provokingly1615 provocatively1882 1661 H. Dawbeny Sober Disc. Liturgies xiii. 59 To convince us, over whom he so provocatively insults. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 192 A red flower set provocatively in her corset. 1988 R. Christiansen Romantic Affinities iii. 181 She..followed the custom of receiving morning visitors in bed, provocatively revealing her Rubensesque flesh and form. proˈvocativeness n. provokingness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > causing anger > quality or condition of causing provocativeness1684 provokingness1837 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating > irritating quality provocativeness1684 irritancy1834 provokingness1837 naggingness1898 1684 R. Burthogge Argument Infants Baptisme ii. 83 Sensible of the great Provokativeness, and of the as great Unfitness and Undecency of it. 1713 J. Bernard Lives Rom. Emperors (ed. 2) I. 187 He seldom was without all Sorts of Beans, Pease, and Pulse-meats at his Table, for the benefit of their provocativeness. 1881 J. Ruskin in 19th Cent. Oct. 526 It is..only when he has lost his temper that the inherent provocativeness comes out. 1994 Independent on Sunday 4 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 34/2 The mood of Ballard's novel to this point is teasing and sardonic—a bit uncomfortable, too... It's so aware of its provocativeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1443
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