overexcitable

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adjective

Excessively excitable

Scrabble 27

Meanings

adjectiveoverexcitable (comparative more overexcitable, superlative most overexcitable)

comparative more overexcitable · superlative most overexcitable

  1. Excessively excitable

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishexcite
  8. Englishexcitable
  9. Englishoverexcitable

From over- + excitable.

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APA

overexcitable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexcitable

MLA

“overexcitable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexcitable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overexcitable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexcitable.

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