Unexcitable

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not excitable, not easily excited.

    "Ordinarily the commandant of the fort was of a calm and unexcitable temperament. During the astounding events of that day and the day before he had kept his head cool; his judgment, if not correct, was the result of sober and earnest consideration."

  2. 2
    Not capable of being excited.

    "But suppose that these pretended living Stones of the Temple of God were as unexcitable to Pride or Lust as the dead Stones of the walls of a Church […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not easily excited wordnet

Synonyms

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abstemiouscoolcool headedcool-headeddispassionateeven tempered

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"Ordinarily the commandant of the fort was of a calm and unexcitable temperament. During the astounding events of that day and the day before he had kept his head cool; his judgment, if not correct, was the result of sober and earnest consideration."

Etymology

From un- + excitable.

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