tête montée

adjective

Worked-up, overexcited.

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Meanings

adjectivetête montée (comparative more tête montée, superlative most tête montée)

comparative more tête montée · superlative most tête montée

  1. Worked-up, overexcited.
noun
  1. Overexcitement, agitation.
  2. Someone prone to overexcitement; a hothead.

    Victor was the younger son and brother—a tête montée, with a temper which invited violence and a will which no ax could break.

    1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Origin

From French.

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APA

tête montée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t%C3%AAte%20mont%C3%A9e

MLA

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Chicago

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