excitement
//ɪkˈsaɪtmənt//
Forms
- Plural
- excitements
Definitions
1.The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
- Elise nodded, fighting the traitorous flutters of excitement in her stomach.
- By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.
2.Something that excites.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4040
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English excitement
From Old French excitement, equivalent to excite + -ment.