Crossword Dictionary

titilate

titillate, titillated, titillates, titillating - v 

excite pleasurably or erotically

Wordplays

Synonyms

charge, electrify, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, intoxicate, pump up, thrill, turn on

sentence examples

“a film made to titillate the audience”

“writing that titillates and provokes”

“How does a chef create, and then plate, dishes that titillate the taste buds and dazzle the eyes?”

“Their intent wasn't to titillate anglers with tall tales about big fish, but to teach them how to catch fish.”

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etymology

titillate (v.)

1610s, back-formation from titillation. 

etymonline.com

titillation (n.)

early 15c., "pleasing excitement," from Latin titillationem (nominative titillatio) "a tickling," noun of action from past-participle stem of titillare "to tickle," a word imitative of giggling.