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Definition of excitable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

excitable

adjective
 
/ɪkˈsaɪtəbl/
 
/ɪkˈsaɪtəbl/
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  1. (of people or animals) likely to become easily excited
    • She had trouble controlling the class of excitable ten-year-olds.
    Extra Examples
    • He isn't overly excitable.
    • The horses have easily excitable nervous systems.
    • He's as excitable as any young puppy.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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