[ad. F. surexcitation: see SUR- and EXCITATION.] Excessive excitation.
1873. Morley, Rousseau, I. vii. 279. The product of intellectual sur-excitation.
1880. Earl of Dufferin, in Times (1881), 4 Jan., 4/5. Had the Government been supported by a united public opinion in Great Britain, the present surexcitation in Ireland could never have been generated.
1896. W. Z. Ripley, in Pop. Sci. Monthly, April, 779. A surexcitation of the kidneys and the sexual organs ensues.
So Surexcited a., over-excited.
1864. Meredith, Emilia, l. Sur-excited Sentiment. Ibid. (1885), Diana, xi. In a sharp-strung mood, bitterly surexcited.
