exciting

CEFRA1

/ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/

adjective · verb · noun

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Some of the movies are exciting.
Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.
Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.

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Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.
1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review
Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168
But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.
1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert

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