fleshment
📖 Definitions
noun
Excitement resulting from a first success at something.
💬 Usage Examples
“Lexicographers sought out the thrill of the chase as much as detectives did. She remembered her linguistic fleshment, when she’d discovered as a student that ‘thrill’ itself, in medieval times, had meant to pierce someone with a sword; only later did the ‘piercing’ move to excitement.” Susie Dent; Guilty by Definition; Bonnier Books; 2024.