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overexcitability

noun

Etymology

From over- + excitability.

  1. derived from excitō — “to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”
  2. derived from exciter
  3. inherited from exciten
  4. suffixed as excitability — “excite + ability”
  5. prefixed as overexcitability — “over + excitability”

Definitions

  1. The state of being overexcitable.

    • Not surprisingly, many children and adults with this particular overexcitability attempt to avoid or minimize certain settings of overstimulation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overexcitability. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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