The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
teased, titillated
(adjective) feeling mild pleasurable excitement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
titillated
simple past tense and past participle of titillate
Source: Wiktionary
Tit"il*late, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Titillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Titillating.] Etym: [L. titillatus, p.p. of titillare.]
Definition: To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather. The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.