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excitement

/ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/ noun B1
  1. The state of being excited (emotionally aroused). (uncountable) · to get caught up in the excitement
  2. Something that excites. (countable)

Plural excitements

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Marilla had something to tell Anne, but she did not tell it just then for she knew if she did Anne’s consequent excitement would lift her clear out of the region of such material matters as appetite or dinner.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 140 · C1
She’d go there and catch cold like as not, and have her head filled up with nonsense and excitement.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 146 · C1
For Anne the real excitement began with the dismissal of school and increased therefrom in crescendo until it reached to a crash of positive ecstasy in the concert itself.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 148 · C1
At last they were ready, cheeks scarlet and eyes glowing with excitement.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 148 · C1

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