excitement

From Middle English excitement, from Old French excitement, equivalent to excite +‎ -ment.

• enPR: ĭk-sītʹmənt, IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

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excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)

1. (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.

2. (countable) something that excites.

• overexcitement