provocative

provocative is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.
  2. 2.Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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