eager

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< Middle English eger < Old French egre < Latin acer (sharp, keen); see acid, acerb, etc. Cf. vinegar, alegar.

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Singular
eager

Plural
eagers

eager (plural eagers)

  1. A tidal bore.

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eager (comparative more eager, superlative most eager)

Positive
eager

Comparative
more eager

Superlative
most eager

  1. (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
  2. (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
  3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.
  4. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

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