excitable
/ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/ik-SIGH-tuh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/ik-SIGH-tuh-buhl
Meaningeasily excited
Common meaning: quick to get worked up
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- exout
- citto set in motion, rouse; to summonLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 345 · scan
- ableable to be
‘out’ + ‘to set in motion, rouse’ → excitable
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Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from excite + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXCITE, p.198 · scan
Roots
- citō; cieō Latin “to set in motion, rouse; to summon”
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