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excitant(dictionary)

excitant (iou)



excitant adjective & noun. E17.
[from EXCITE + -ANT1, perh. after French excitant.]
(An agent) that excites or stimulates.
A. John The sea air is known to be an excitant. Nature The central excitant action of d-amphetamine.
'excitancy noun the property of being (an) excitant M19.