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excitement

English

Etymology

excite +? -ment

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ?k-s?t?m?nt, IPA(key): /?k?sa?tm?nt/

Noun

excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)

  1. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
    • E.A. 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.

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aquiver

English

Etymology

From a- +? quiver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??kw?v?(?)/
  • Rhymes: -?v?(?)

Adjective

aquiver (not comparable)

  1. In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
    • 1879, W. S. Gilbert, The Pirates of Penzance, New York: Hitchcock Publishing Company, Act II, p. 35,[1]
      Sighing softly to the river
      Comes the lonely breeze,
      Setting Nature all a-quiver,
      Rustling through the trees,
    • 1961, Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us, New York: Oxford University Press, revised edition, Part 1, p. 66,[2]
      Almost the whole continental rim of the Pacific basin is aquiver with earthquakes and fiery with volcanoes, some frequently active, some extinct, some merely sleeping a centuries-long sleep between periods of explosive violence.

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