exhilarative

exhilarative
/ig zil"euh ray'tiv, -euhr euh tiv/, adj.
tending to exhilarate.
Also, exhilaratory /ig zil"euhr euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/.
[1860-65; EXHILARATE + -IVE]

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