excitement

nomcourant dans les dialogues

//ɪkˈsaɪtmənt//

The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

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1
The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
to get caught up in the excitement
By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.
Elise nodded, fighting the traitorous flutters of excitement in her stomach.
In 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too. Imagine the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era.
2
Something that excites.

Étymologie

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

Formes

pluriel: excitements

excite · To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.excited · Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.excitedly · In an excited manner.

excitement · The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

exciting · Creating or producing excitement.exclaiming · Uttering an exclamation.exclude · To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.

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