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ex⋅hil⋅a⋅ra⋅tive

  [ig-zil-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv]
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–adjective
tending to exhilarate.
Also, ex⋅hil⋅a⋅ra⋅to⋅ry  [ig-zil-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] .

Origin:
1860–65; exhilarate + -ive
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ex·hil·a·rate   (ĭg-zĭl'ə-rāt')   
tr.v.   ex·hil·a·rat·ed, ex·hil·a·rat·ing, ex·hil·a·rates

  1. To cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; elate: We were exhilarated by the cool, pine-scented air.

  2. To invigorate; stimulate: bold designs that exhilarate the viewer's imagination.


[Latin exhilarāre, exhilarāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + hilarāre, to make cheerful (from hilaris, hilarus, cheerful, from Greek hilaros).]
ex·hil'a·ra'tive adj., ex·hil'a·ra'tor n.
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