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Titillate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TIT'ILLATE, v.i. [L. titillo.] To tickle.
The pungent grains of titillating dust.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements [syn: tickle, titillate, vellicate]
2: excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"

Merriam Webster's

verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin titillatus, past participle of titillare Date: 1620 transitive verb 1. to excite pleasurably ; arouse by stimulation 2. tickle 2 intransitive verb to act as a stimulant to pleasurable excitement • titillation noun • titillative adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 excite pleasantly. 2 tickle. Derivatives: titillatingly adv. titillation n. Etymology: L titillare titillat-

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Titillate Tit"il*late, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Titillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Titillating.] [L. titillatus, p. p. of titillare.] To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather. The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(titillates, titillating, titillated) If something titillates someone, it pleases and excites them, especially in a sexual way. The pictures were not meant to titillate audiences. VERB: V n • titillating ...deliberately titillating lyrics. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Tickle.

Moby Thesaurus

affect the interest, amuse, appeal, attract, be attractive, becharm, beckon, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, charm, concern, convulse, delectate, delight, divert, enchant, engage, enliven, enrapture, enravish, entertain, enthrall, entrance, excite, excite interest, exhilarate, fascinate, fetch, flush, fracture one, freak out, give a thrill, imparadise, interest, intoxicate, invite, involve in, kill, knock dead, knock out, loosen up, pique, provoke, raise a laugh, raise a smile, ravish, recreate, refresh, regale, relax, send, slay, solace, stimulate, summon, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, transport, whet the appetite, wow