† gestientadj.
Obsolete.
Restlessly excited.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated
high-wrought1579
feverous1587
tremulous1611
feverish1637
overwound1640
gestient1644
overwrought1648
twittering1648
fevereda1657
tumultuous1667
wrought-up1688
flustered1743
trepidatinga1774
flurried1775
wrought1778
riled1825
tête montée1825
worked up1831
tumultuating1854
trepidant1891
tremorous1897
wroughted1905
goosy1906
hotted-up1923
steamed1923
spooky1926
antsy-pantsy1944
antsy1950
agitato1964
amped1967
wired1970
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 145 All juvenile gestient pompe and ostentation laid aside.
1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. ii. 125 After that manner as men are shooke together, are gestient, tremble, or cannot abide in a place.
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