enthusiastic
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- enthusiastick (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστικός (enthousiastikós), from ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós) or ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō) + -τικός (-tikós)
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Adjective[edit]
enthusiastic (comparative more enthusiastic, superlative most enthusiastic)
- With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
- 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], OCLC 864083:
- a young man […] of a visionary and enthusiastic character
- an enthusiastic lover of art
- Relating to enthusiasm, or divine possession.
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Translations[edit]
with zealous fervor; excited, motivated
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