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tête montée

tête montée adjective: worked-up, overexcited.

Adjective

tête montée (comparative more tête montée, superlative most tête montée)

  1. Worked-up, overexcited.

Noun

tête montée

  1. Overexcitement, agitation.
  2. Someone prone to overexcitement; a hothead.
    • Victor was the younger son and brother—a tête montée, with a temper which invited violence and a will which no ax could break.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Forms of tête montée

comparativemore tête montée
superlativemost tête montée

Origin of tête montée

From French.

Questions about tête montée

What does tête montée mean?
Tête montée means worked-up, overexcited.
What part of speech is tête montée?
Tête montée can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tête montée in the dictionary

  1. Tébessa
  2. Témiscamingue
  3. Tétouan
  4. Têng-fêng
  5. Tête Jaune Cache
  6. tête montée
  7. tête à tête
  8. tête à têtes
  9. tête-bêche
  10. tête-bêches
  11. tête-de-pont

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