excitative

[ ik-sahy-tuh-tiv ]

adjective

1. tending to excite.

Other Words From

• nonex·cita·tive adjective
• nonex·cita·tory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of excitative¹

1480–90; < Middle French excitatif < Latin excitāt- ( excitation ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

Rather inspiring too, sometimes, or at least soul excitative.

From Project Gutenberg

Less practical surely than the fur coat,—more amusing, certainly, than encyclopedias,—the funny "false faces" grinned up at her with a curiously excitative audacity.

From Project Gutenberg