adj
Meaning 1
Not excitable, not easily excited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cool-headed, even-tempered
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unexcitable
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adj
Meaning 2
Not capable of being excited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, London: J. Johnson, Volume I, Section 12, 2. Of sensorial Exertion, p. 79, When the spirit of animation is thus exhausted by useless exertions, the organ becomes torpid or unexcitable into action, and a second fit of quiescence succeeds that of abundant activity.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not easily excited
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unexcitable temperament
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: excitable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- English excite Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English excitable English unexcitable From un- + excitable.