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enthusiastic (iou)



enthusiastic adjective & noun. E17.
[Greek enthousiastikos, from enthousiazein: see ENTHUSIASM, -IC.]
A. adjective.
Pertaining to or of the nature of extravagant religious emotion or divine possession. E17-M19.
Irrational, quixotic. L17-L18.
Full of enthusiasm, characterized by enthusiasm; of the nature of enthusiasm, rapturous. M18.
J. R. Green Enthusiastic joy hailed the accession of Elizabeth. D. H. Lawrence Over supper he became enthusiastic about Canada. J. F. Lehmann Party Going..received an early batch of enthusiastic reviews.
B. noun. = ENTHUSIAST noun 1, 2. E17-E18.
enthusiastical adjective (a) arch. = ENTHUSIASTIC adjective; (b) visionary; fanatically devoted to an idea or belief: L16.
enthusiastically adverb L17.