exhilarant

exhilarant
exhilarant, ante
(è-gzi-la-ran, ran-t') adj.
Qui donne de l'hilarité.
   La douceur exhilarante de l'harmonie, MOL. M. de Pourc. I, 11.
   Lat. exhilarare, de ex, et hilaris, gai (voy. hilarité).

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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