单词 | over-excitement |
释义 | over-excitementn. Excessive excitement or stimulation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > [noun] > excessive excitement over-excitement1822 surexcitation1826 erethism1859 1822 M. Edgeworth Let. 7 Jan. (1971) 313 I shall so arrange and limit our goings out..that Fannys health shall not suffer by over excitement. 1842 C. Mathews Career Puffer Hopkins xxix. 218 A disordered state of mind, brought on by overexcitement. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. v. 95 The iron bridges so delighted Jane and me..that we were reproved afterwards for a state of over excitement that prevented our responding properly to the attentions of our great Aunt Blackburn. 1911 Proc. Royal Soc. 1910–11 B. 83 p. i On one occasion Ward fainted at his work, from no other cause, I think, than over-excitement. 1999 Kred (Kent Univ. Students' Union) Nov. 33/1 Approaching Kingsmead we could see the big top, feel the warmth of the alcohol in our guts and sense a high level of over-excitement in the gonadial region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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