In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
THRILLING
electrifying, thrilling
(adjective) causing a surge of emotion or excitement; “she gave an electrifying performance”; “a thrilling performer to watch”
thrilling
(adjective) causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock; “a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
thrilling
present participle of thrill
Adjective
thrilling (comparative more thrilling, superlative most thrilling)
Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.
Synonyms
• See also exciting
Noun
thrilling (plural thrillings)
A thrill.
Source: Wiktionary
Thrill"ing, a.
Definition: Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
– Thrill"ing*ly, adv.
– Thrill"ing*ness, n.
THRILL
Thrill, n. Etym: [See Trill.]
Definition: A warbling; a trill.
Thrill, n. Etym: [AS. an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.]
Definition: A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Thrill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] Etym: [OE. thrillen, , , to pierce; all probably fr. AS. , , Fr. pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. *53. See Through, and cf. Drill to bore, Nostril, Trill to trickle.]
1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. Spenser.
2. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate. To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick- ribbed ice. Shak. Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the M. Arnold. The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. Spenser.
3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.] I'll thrill my javelin. Heywood.
Thrill, v. i.
1. To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. Shak.
2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body. To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake. Shak.
Thrill, n.
1. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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