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excitability

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[ik-sahy-tuh-bil-i-tee] / ɪkˌsaɪ təˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. the quality of being excitable.

  2. Physiology. irritability.


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Origin of excitability

First recorded in 1780–90; excitable + -ity

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A detail of the evils of gambling should be preceded by an illustration of that constitution of mind out of which they mainly spring—I mean its EXCITABILITY.

From Gamblers and Gambling by Beecher, Henry Ward

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