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The feeling of lively and cheerful joy
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exhilaration
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" [syn: excitement ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exhilaration \Ex*hil`a*ra"tion\, n. [L., exhilaratio.] The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. ...
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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