excited

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
excite/ɪkˈsʌɪt/

▶verb

• 1 cause to feel very enthusiastic and eager.

  ■ arouse sexually.

• 2 give rise to (a feeling or reaction).

• 3 produce a state of increased energy or activity in (a physical or biological system).

– derivatives
excitation noun (chiefly technical),
excitative adjective (rare),
excitatory adjective (chiefly Physiology),
excited adjective,
excitedly adverb,
exciter noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘incite someone to do something’): from OFr. exciter or L. excitare, frequentative of exciere ‘call out’.