FromMiddle Englishexcitement, fromOld Frenchexcitement, equivalent toexcite +‎-ment.

• enPR:ĭk-sītʹmənt,IPA^(key):/ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

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excitement (countable anduncountable,pluralexcitements)

1. (uncountable) The state of beingexcited (emotionally aroused).

   to get caught up in theexcitement

   • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe,The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaal:

     By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophicalexcitement.

2. (countable) Something thatexcites.