excessive enthusiasm (noun)

  • 1enthusiasm — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ burning, enormous, extraordinary, immense, passionate, tremendous ▪ considerable, great ▪ little …

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  • 2enthusiasm — [17] Enthusiasm has had a chequered semantic history. Like giddiness, it meant originally ‘state of being inspired by a god’. It comes ultimately from Greek énthous or éntheos ‘possessed, inspired’, a compound formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and… …

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  • 3enthusiasm — [17] Enthusiasm has had a chequered semantic history. Like giddiness, it meant originally ‘state of being inspired by a god’. It comes ultimately from Greek énthous or éntheos ‘possessed, inspired’, a compound formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and… …

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  • 4overenthusiasm — noun excessive enthusiasm. Derivatives overenthusiastic adjective overenthusiastically adverb …

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  • 5Fan (person) — Fanboy redirects here. For other uses, see Fanboy (disambiguation). A fan, sometimes also called aficionado or supporter, is a person with a liking and enthusiasm for something, such as a band or a sports team. Fans of a particular thing or… …

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  • 6chau|vin|ism — «SHOH vuh nihz uhm», noun. 1. boastful, warlike patriotism; unreasoning enthusiasm for the military glory of one s country; jingoism. 2. Figurative. an excessive enthusiasm for one s sex, race, or group: »We have been living in a fool s paradise… …

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  • 7fanatic — or fanatical adjective Etymology: Latin fanaticus inspired by a deity, frenzied, from fanum temple more at feast Date: 1550 marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion < they re fanatic about politics > • fanatic noun •&#8230; …

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  • 8slobber — verb 1》 have saliva dripping copiously from the mouth. 2》 (slobber over) show excessive enthusiasm for. noun saliva dripping copiously from the mouth. Derivatives slobbery adjective Origin ME: prob. from MDu. slobberen walk through mud , also&#8230; …

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  • 9overenthusiasm — ► NOUN ▪ excessive enthusiasm. DERIVATIVES overenthusiastic adjective …

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  • 10overenthusiastic — overenthusiasm ► NOUN ▪ excessive enthusiasm. DERIVATIVES overenthusiastic adjective …

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