exaltéadj.
Excited, elated, abnormally happy. Hence as n., a person in a state of elation; a fanatic.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective] > inspired
sublime1667
exalted1712
exalté1831
inspired1856
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > elated
jollyc1305
elated1615
elevateda1640
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
high1695
elate1702
uppisha1704
vaudyc1720
in fine (also good, high) leg1808
exalté1831
in high snuff1840
bucked1907
thrilled1908
twitterpated1942
the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [noun] > person affected by
exalté1922
manic1957
1831 J. S. Mill Let. 20–22 Oct. (1910) I. i. 7 The agricultural people are as determined as the manufacturers. The West is as exalté as the North.
1842 J. S. Mill Let. Nov. iii. 123 Capable of almost any degree of exalté feeling from poetry.
1922 J. Agate Red Letter Nights (1944) 76 It [sc. Ibsen's Hedda Gabler] contains nothing of awe or terror, nothing to make us fearful lest our exaltées should take to pistol-practice in the garden.
1937 New Statesman 30 Oct. 688/1 Costals detests cerebral women, and exaltées are not his type at all.
1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. i. 17 Singing or sighing as they go: Exalté, piano, or in doubt.
1946 M. Dickens Happy Prisoner ix. 200 She was exaltée, beside herself.
1967 Punch 1 Mar. 321/1 Gerold Frank has enough exaltés on his hands to set Dickens and Dostoevsky up in business for a dozen lifetimes.
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