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1. animation, joyousness, jollity, hilarity.
1. animation, joyousness, jollity, hilarity.
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Exhilaration
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
Example Sentences
- Still, to feel such exhilaration in returning, one must go away.
- But among the populace at large the exhilaration of freedom may be fading.
- For others, the exhilaration was tinged with tears, sadness and the melancholy of remembrance.
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Word Origin & History
exhilaration
1620s, from L.L. exhilarationem, noun of action from exhilarare (see exhilarate).
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