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stimulant

noun
/ˈstɪmjʊlənt/

Definitions

  1. A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.

    • Milk of chameleon was recommended as an erotic stimulant by Avicenna.

  2. Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.

    • [T]ouching the much vexed question of stimulants he relished a glass of choice old wine in season as both nourishing and bloodmaking and possessing aperient virtues (notably a good burgundy which he was a staunch believer in) […]
    • I was never to feel anything comparable under the influence of orthodox religious stimulants.

  3. Acting as a stimulant.

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Derived

biostimulant, cardiostimulant, chemostimulant, contrastimulant, costimulant, destimulant, gonadostimulant, immunostimulant, neurostimulant, nonstimulant, phagostimulant, phytostimulant, psychostimulant, stim, superstimulant, vasostimulant

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stimulant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA