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enthusiastic
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "pertaining to possession by a deity," from Greek enthousiastikos "inspired," from enthousiazein "be possessed or inspired by a god" (see enthusiasm ). Meaning "pertaining to irrational delusion in religion" is from 1690s. The main modern sense, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enthusiastic \En*thu`si*as"tic\, Enthusiastical \En*thu`si*as"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ? .] Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art. ``Enthusiastical raptures.'' --Calamy. -- En*thu`si*as"tic*al*ly ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an enthusiastic audience ▪ They drew enthusiastic audiences at Europe's biggest rock festival. an enthusiastic response ▪ There has been an enthusiastic response to the introduction of soccer coaching for girls. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. With zealous fervor; excited, motivated. alt. With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons" [ant: unenthusiastic ]
Usage examples of enthusiastic.
He saw Mingor looking enthusiastic, and Allel looking reluctant, and Cethern of Lagin afoot, his face full of grief and fury.
It will be recalled that in his fortieth chapter he waxes enthusiastic over Lewis Morris, the Welsh bard, who was born in Anglesey in 1700 and died in 1765.
Thus far, Arcas had not seemed enthusiastic about being here with two archaeologists, but he had volunteered for the job.
The letters in which Baronne Dudevant tells, day by day, of her home life are too enthusiastic for the letters of an unhappy wife.
Cecile thought herself the happiest of women when Brunner, looking round at the magnificent works of art so patiently collected during forty years, waxed enthusiastic, and Pons, to his no small satisfaction, found an appreciative admirer of his treasures for the first time in his life.
And if I myself cannot be he, still I can be his John the Baptist, testifying of him, happy and enthusiastic in my solitude, in this desert of caddishness and provincialism.
Receiving an ordinary elementary education at a school, taught by an enthusiastic Cameronian, he was apprenticed in his eleventh year to his eldest brother James as a stone-mason.
But far more often, the mention of candy triggers long, enthusiastic exchanges about top candies, addictions and repulsions, flavors and habits.
Latin of the enthusiastic shopman was becoming almost Ciceronian, when Tristram pulled out the coin, and holding it under his nose briefly stated the case.
Lo by tendering him one-half his money in government bonds, and for this great wrong the peaceable Quaker, the humanitarian Unitarian, the orthodox Congregationalist and Presbyterian, the enthusiastic Methodist and staid Baptist, felt it but right Mr.
The consequent reaction among the human populace of this portion of the galaxy upon learning that the destruction had been cosponsored by thranx opposed to any deeper alliance among their respective species ought to put a clamp on any enthusiastic treaty making for some time to come, Skettle knew.
When he leaped through the air, both feet striking his opponent, an enthusiastic cheer rang from the Dakotan onlookers.
Redwing, with the enthusiastic assistance of Erin Lafferty, as well as the sous-chef labours of Desis One and Two, created a multinational barbecue on the redwood porch.
French paper and seen the Pope is dead, and a very enthusiastic account of the British troops at Dunkerque, their marvellous organisation, their cheerfulness, and their behaviour.
Almost every biology book for the past century has included pictures of vertebrate embryos made by German biologist and enthusiastic eugenicist Ernst Haeckel, purportedly demonstrating the amazing similarity of fish, chickens, and humans in the womb.