EXCITATORY

excitant, excitative, excitatory

(adjective) (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

excitatory (comparative more excitatory, superlative most excitatory)

stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cit"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excitatoire.]

Definition: Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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