excitable

[ ik-sahy-tuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. easily excited: Prima donnas had the reputation of being excitable and temperamental.

  2. capable of being excited.

Origin of excitable

1
From the Late Latin word excitābilis, dating back to 1600–10. See excite, -able

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Other words from excitable

  • ex·cit·a·ble·ness, noun
  • ex·cit·a·bly, adverb
  • non·ex·cit·a·ble, adjective
  • non·ex·cit·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·ex·cit·a·bly, adverb
  • un·ex·cit·a·ble, adjective
  • un·ex·cit·a·ble·ly, adverb

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How to use excitable in a sentence

  • excitable CEO Steve Ballmer issued a new memo outlining how the company is preparing (yet again) for the new age of technology.

  • He is of so excitable a constitution, that his faculties being so far confused is the best thing, perhaps, that could be.

    The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge
  • I sit at home nearly all day, and Rubinstein, who leads rather an excitable life, cannot sufficiently marvel at my industry.

  • There is a false hydrophobia observed in excitable persons that have been bitten by a dog thought to be mad.

  • His manner was sometimes excitable, as we have seen above; but usually he was like what gentlemen with us desire to be.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • As I ran by the side of the excitable fishers, I urged upon one or two of them the wisdom and duty of preventing a conflict.

    Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert Parker

British Dictionary definitions for excitable

excitable

/ (ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl) /


adjective
  1. easily excited; volatile

  2. (esp of a nerve) ready to respond to a stimulus

Derived forms of excitable

  • excitability or excitableness, noun
  • excitably, adverb

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