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exhilarate

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɪɡˈzɪləɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaeehilrtxStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. fill with sublime emotion

Word origin

From Latin exhilarō (“to delight, to gladden, to make merry”), from ex- (“out, away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + hilarō (“to cheer, to gladden”), from hilaris (“cheerful, light-hearted, lively”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ἵλαος (hílaos, “gracious, kind, propitious”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“comfort, mercy”). By surface analysis, ex- + Latin hilar(ō) + -ate.

Used in a sentence

  • Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker.
  • Harriet became suddenly conscious that every woman in the room was gazing furtively or with frank interest at Wimsey and herself, and the knowledge exhilarated her.

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