excitement
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English excitement, from Old French excitement, equivalent to excite + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)
- (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
- get caught up in the excitement
- 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaal:
- By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.
- (countable) something that excites.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
state of being excited
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