enthusiast

See also: Enthusiast

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈθʉu̯.ziˌəst/, /-θuː-/, /-æst/
• (Received Pronunciation, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈθʊu.ziˌæst/, /-θʉː-/, /-əst/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɪ̞nˈθʊʉ.ziˌəst/, /en-/, /-θïɯ-/, /-æst/

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Noun

enthusiast (plural enthusiasts)

1. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, page 28:

     But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.

   Synonyms: addict, aficionado, amateur, fancier, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, geek, junkie, rooter, maniac, partisan, (computing) power user, (marketing) prosumer, zealot

2. (archaic) A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.

Related terms

• enthuse
• enthusiasm
• enthusiastic

 

Translations

person filled with or guided by enthusiasm

• Burmese: ဝါသနာရှင် (wasa.nahrang)
• Catalan: entusiasta m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 热衷者

• Czech: nadšenec (cs) m
• Danish: entusiast (da) c
• Esperanto: entuziasmulo
• Finnish: intoilija (fi), harrastaja (fi)
• French: passionné (fr), amateur (fr)
• Galician: entusiasta (gl)
• German: Enthusiast (de) m
• Irish: díograiseoir m, scailéathan m
• Italian: entusiasta (it), appassionato (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: perquīsītor m
• Manx: ard-jeeaneyder m

• Persian: شوریده‎ (fa) (šuride)
• Polish: entuzjasta (pl) m, entuzjastka (pl) f, miłośnik (pl) m, zapaleniec (pl) m, wielbiciel (pl) m, czciciel (pl) m, hołdownik m, miłośniczka (pl) f, wielbicielka (pl) f, czcicielka (pl) f
• Portuguese: entusiasta (pt)
• Romanian: entuziast (ro) m
• Russian: энтузиа́ст (ru) m (entuziást)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ентузѝјаст m, ентузѝјасткиња f, занесѐња̄к m, занесења̀киња f

  Roman: entuzìjast (sh) f, entuzìjastkinja (sh) f, zanesènjāk (sh) m, zanesenjàkinja (sh) f

• Spanish: entusiasta (es)
• Swedish: entusiast (sv) c, eldsjäl (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ентузіаст m (entuziast), ентузіастка f (entuziastka)

person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour

• Danish: sværmer c
• French: enthousiaste (fr) m or f, zélote (fr) m or f

• Irish: díograiseoir m
• Italian: zelota (it)

See also

• -phile

Further reading

• “enthusiast” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “enthusiast” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Tushetians, sustaineth