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单词 over-excitable
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over-excitableadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻkˈsʌɪtəbl/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rɛkˈsʌɪtəbl/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərɪkˈsaɪdəb(ə)l/, /ˈˌoʊvərɛkˈsaɪdəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, excitable adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + excitable adj., after over-excite v.
Prone to or capable of excessive excitement; easily over-excited.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > over-excitable
over-excitable1836
1836 H. Taylor Statesman xi. 78 One who should feel himself to be over-exciteable in the transaction of business.
1862 M. Oliphant Life E. Irving 308 Whether Chalmers conclusion..was shared by the Edinburgh public, seems very doubtful; for..that public, not overexcitable, crowded its streets in the early dawn.
1914 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 11 654 [He] startled an over-excitable if not over-imaginative world by accepting the possibility of a laboratory creation of life.
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxv. 247 Fay, a little insane, or ‘over-excitable’.
2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 3 Aug. 3 It was the over-excitable over-60s causing most of the commotion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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