excitive en · ADJ
Etymology
From excite + -ive.
Meanings
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(archaic) excited
Our own sense of danger, together with the imaginative effect wrought upon our excitive minds by the dancing candlelight and the awesome shadows of the still house, gave a strange relish to our childhood reading.
1910, Compiled by Edwin Partridge Lehman and Julian Park, A Williams Anthology:
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Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
What I have denominated the common excitive fever, is a febrile affection common to almost every climate, but particularly to that of Great Britain […]
1818, John Armstrong, Practical illustrations of the scarlet fever, measles, pulmonary consumption, and chronic diseases:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more excitive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most excitive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |