Exciting, energetic, and stirring up enthusiasm or strong emotion in people, like a rousing speech that gets a crowd excited.
From 'rouse' (to wake up or stir), from Old French 'ruser' (to shake). Originally meant literally waking someone, then evolved to mean stirring emotions or passions.
A 'rousing' speech literally 'rouses' people from apathy—it's the same word used when you 'rouse' someone from sleep, because great speeches wake people up emotionally and make them feel alive and motivated!
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