Titillate

  • 1titillate — titillate, titivate Titillate means ‘to excite’ (Some interesting titles to titillate your literary tastebuds), and often has sexual overtones (especially in the noun derivative titillation), whereas titivate means ‘to adorn or smarten’ (Striking …

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  • 2Titillate — 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. [1913 Webster] The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3titillate — index bait (lure), interest Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4titillate — (v.) 1610s, back formation from TITILLATION (Cf. titillation). Related: Titillated; titillating …

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  • 5titillate — [v] excite, stimulate amuse, arouse, entertain, grab, grapple, hook, interest, palpate, provoke, switch on, tantalize, tease, thrill, tickle, tickle pink*, turn on; concepts 7,11,22 Ant. disenchant, repulse, turn off …

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  • 6titillate — ► VERB 1) arouse (someone) to mild excitement or interest. 2) archaic lightly touch; tickle. DERIVATIVES titillation noun. ORIGIN Latin titillare tickle …

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  • 7titillate — [tit′ l āt΄] vt. titillated, titillating [< L titillatus, pp. of titillare, to tickle] 1. TICKLE 2. to excite or stimulate pleasurably, often erotically titillater n. titillation n. titillative adj …

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  • 8titillate — [[t]tɪ̱tɪleɪt[/t]] titillates, titillating, titillated VERB If something titillates someone, it pleases and excites them, especially in a sexual way. [V n] The pictures were not meant to titillate audiences. [V n] ...food to titillate the most… …

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  • 9titillate — UK [ˈtɪtɪleɪt] / US [ˈtɪtɪlˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms titillate : present tense I/you/we/they titillate he/she/it titillates present participle titillating past tense titillated past participle titillated to produce feelings of interest,… …

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  • 10titillate — titillatingly, adv. titillation, n. titillative, adj. /tit l ayt /, v.t., titillated, titillating. 1. to excite or arouse agreeably: to titillate the fancy. 2. to tickle; excite a tingling or itching sensation in, as by touching or stroking… …

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