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excitement
noun
a
strong
,
lively
feeling
of
happiness
,
interest
,
and
eager
anticipation
β’
The
children
could
hardly
sleep
because
of
their
excitement
about
the
school
trip
.
The
children
could
hardly
sleep
because
of
their
excitement
about
the
school
trip
.
β’
Her
hands
shook
with
excitement
as
she
opened
the
long-awaited
letter
of
acceptance
.
Her
hands
shook
with
excitement
as
she
opened
the
long-awaited
letter
of
acceptance
.
Late
17th
century
,
from
the
verb
β
excite
β
+
noun
suffix
β
-ment
β,
originally
meaning
β
stimulation
β,
later
developing
the
sense
of
β
lively
emotional
feeling
β.
noun
a
thing
,
event
,
or
activity
that
makes
people
feel
excited
β’
The
city
offers
endless
excitements
for
tourists
,
from
street
markets
to
live
music
.
The
city
offers
endless
excitements
for
tourists
,
from
street
markets
to
live
music
.
β’
He
moved
to
the
countryside
to
escape
the
excitements
of
urban
life
.
He
moved
to
the
countryside
to
escape
the
excitements
of
urban
life
.
Same
origin
as
sense
1
;
developed
into
a
concrete
use
in
the
18thβ19th
centuries
to
refer
to
the
things
that
arouse
excitement
.
