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unexˈcitable, a.
(un-1 7 b and 5 b.)
1839Ld. Clarendon in Maxwell Life & Lett. (1913) I. 155, I am of a mature age, unexcitable temperament. 1859Cornwallis New World I. 297 He did the work simply as a means of living, and he liked it because it was dry and unexcitable. 1895Outing XXVI. 432/1 During this battle royal, the other fish had darted away, and..only the unexcitable sturgeon was to be seen.
Hence unexcitaˈbility.
1882W. James Let. 13 Nov. (1920) I. 215 The traditional German professor in its highest sense..an absolute unexcitability of manner. 1885E. G. Parry Suakin ix. 215 The extreme unexcitability of temperament of these people. |