tête montée

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Worked-up, overexcited.

Noun[edit]

tête montée

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