stimulant

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪmjʊlənt/

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stimulant

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stimulant (plural stimulants)

1. (pharmacology) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.
2. Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.
   • 1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 41:

     I was never to feel anything comparable under the influence of orthodox religious stimulants.

• psychostimulant

stimulant (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) Acting as a stimulant.

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stimulant

1. present participle of stimuler

stimulant m (plural stimulants)

1. Stimulant

stimulant (feminine stimulante, masculine plural stimulants, feminine plural stimulantes)

1. stimulating

• “stimulant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

stimulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of stimulō

Borrowed from French stimulant. By surface analysis, stimula +‎ -ant.

stimulant m or n (feminine singular stimulantă, masculine plural stimulanți, feminine and neuter plural stimulante)

1. stimulating