Empressement

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Empressement \Em`presse`ment"\, n. [F., fr s'empresser to
     hasten.]
     Demonstrative warmth or cordiality of manner; display of
     enthusiasm.
  
           He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement. --Poe.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]