See Also: fanatical(dictionary)

fanatical (iou)



fanatical adjective. M16.
[from FANATIC + -AL1.]
= FANATIC adjective 1. M16-M17.
P. Holland The men shaking & wagging their bodies..after a fanaticall fashion.
Of a person, action, etc.: characterized by or filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm, esp. in religion. M16.
George Eliot I call a man fanatical when..he..becomes unjust and unsympathetic to men who are out of his own track.
b. Extravagant. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
c. Nonconformist in religion. derog. L17-E18.
Anthony Wood Mr. John Fairclough..a non-conforming minister, was buried in the fanatical burial place.
fanatically adverb L17.
fanaticalness noun M17.