excitableadj.
/ɛkˈsʌɪtəb(ə)l/ Capable of being excited; prone to, or susceptible of, excitement; easily excited. Const. to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective]
tickle1534
gunpowder1598
agitable1603
activable1606
thatched1606
excitable1609
powdery1611
incensible1614
hot-bloodeda1616
warm-headed1690
combustible1698
fermentable1731
intoxicablea1734
tindery1753
inflammable1800
pattypan1858
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
erethic1888
arousable1890
hyper1942
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 305 Their persons are liable to Deposing and killing; and their Subiects excitable to Insurrection.
1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 21 His affections were..excitable by their due objects.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. viii. 82 His flexile and excitable fancy was conjuring up a thousand shapes.
1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 July in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 46 He is..wonderfully excitable to mirth.
1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. ii One of those excitable natures which cannot endure the influence of strong drinks.
Derivatives
exˈcitableness n. the condition or quality of being excitable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [noun]
suscitability1612
fieriness1625
heat1689
inflammability1787
excitability1797
mobility1824
inflammableness1830
excitableness1875
gustiness1901
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 238 A precaution against the excitableness of youth.
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