Word Meanings - EXCITER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who, or that which, excites. Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.
Related words: (words related to EXCITER)
- GRANDEUR
The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. - GRANDEESHIP
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne. - GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
A grand mother. - GRANDUNCLE
father's or mother's uncle. - GRANDIFIC
Making great. Bailey. - GRANDILOQUENT
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - GRANDNESS
Grandeur. Wollaston. - GRANDILOQUENCE
The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray, - GRANDILOQUOUS
Grandiloquent. - GRANDNEPHEW
The grandson of one's brother or sister. - GRANDEE
A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - INDUSTRY
Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor. Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See Diligence. (more info) 1. Habitual - GRANDSON
A son's or daughter's son. - GRANDSIRE
Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor. - GRANDMOTHERLY
Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent. - GRANDPA; GRANDPAPA
A grandfather. - GRANDINOUS
Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. Bailey. - GRAND MERCY
See GRAMERCY - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT
The aggrandizement of one's self. - GREAT-GRANDSON
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. - AGGRANDIZE
1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.