invigorant

English

Etymology

in- +‎ vigor +‎ -ant

Noun

invigorant (plural invigorants)

1. Something that invigorates.
   • 1869, Love and its hidden history:

     CONCENTRATED PHOSOGEN, absolutely pure, the most perfect nervous invigorant in the world, for physicians' and druggists' use, in pound flasks; $5 each, per dozen $40.

   • 1898, The Tri-State Medical Journal and Practitioner - Volume 5:

     Recreation is a soul invigorant, and reinforces and accentuates the best form of rest.

   • 2000, Corona S. Romera, Julita R. Sta. Romana, Lourdes Y. Santos, Rizal & the Dev. Of National Consciousness, →ISBN, page 107:

     Religion serves as a guide, as nourishment, as invigorant to good education.

   • 2009, Justus Scheibert, William Stanley Hoole, Robert K. Krick, Seven Months in the Rebel States During the North American War, 1863, →ISBN:

     Our men had set out suddenly and without preparation, and thus the large ration of the enemy, crackers and bacon, was a real invigorant for them.

Adjective

invigorant (comparative more invigorant, superlative most invigorant)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of invigorating.
   • 1888, The Writer - Volume 1, page 25:

     Such was the case with some moralist in the Putnam Patriot, who said : " Equestrians and bicvclists are multiplying in this town, and either are a pleasant sight and is verv invigorant, healthful exercise."

   • 1894, Therapeutic Notes - Volumes 1-11, page 16:

     Cases requiring invigorant, tonic treatment will respond gratefull to the use of Elixir Kola Comp.

   • 1928, W.E. Blackburn, “October in Kansas”, in Kansas Facts; a Year Book of the State, page 277:

     The very air is invigorant; fragrant from the harvest, spiced with wood smoke, bracing from the first frosts, scintillant with the glorious sunshine that fills the shortening autumn days with splendor and makes thin and luminous the attending shadow.