Excitant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Excitant is an adjective meaning exciting; stimulating.
Meaning
exciting; stimulating.
More Meanings
- Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant.
Example Sentences
Ovid, the amatory poet, describes a professional dancing-girl, whose subtle bodily movements are such an excitant as to provoke, in an ascetic such as the ancient Hippolytus, a priapean condition.
Word Forms
- excitants
Synonyms for excitant
Depending on context, synonyms include stimulative, excitatory, excitative.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include excitatory, excitative, stimulative, exciting, exciteful, excitory.
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