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The feeling of lively and cheerful joy
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exhilaration
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB feel ▪ Yet, at the same time, he felt a strange exhilaration at being part of the movement. ▪ I therefore felt no exhilaration about the way she spoke to me, even though what she had said was flattering. ▪ Yes, and we ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Late Latin exhilarationem (nominative exhilaratio ) "a gladdening," noun of action from past participle stem of exhilarare (see exhilarate ).
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