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excitable

/ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/ adjective C2
  1. Easily excited. · The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture.
  2. Able to respond to external stimuli.
  3. Able to be promoted to an excited state.
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Danglars looked towards Fernand, whose excitable nature received and betrayed each fresh impression.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 25 · C1
Rachel—who is a very good girl, but of an excitable Welsh temperament—had a sharp touch of brain-fever, and goes about the house now—or did until yesterday—like a black-eyed shadow of her former self.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2
He was a remarkable lad, pale-faced and fair-haired, with excitable light blue eyes which blazed into a sudden flame of emotion and joy as they rested upon his father.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 64 · B2

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