excessive enthusiasm (noun)

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

• enthusiasm — [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… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• enthusiasm — [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… …   Word origins

• overenthusiasm — noun excessive enthusiasm. Derivatives overenthusiastic adjective overenthusiastically adverb …   English new terms dictionary

• Fan (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… …   Wikipedia

• chau|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… …   Useful english dictionary

• fanatic — 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 •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slobber — 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… …   English new terms dictionary

• overenthusiasm — ► NOUN ▪ excessive enthusiasm. DERIVATIVES overenthusiastic adjective …   English terms dictionary

• overenthusiastic — overenthusiasm ► NOUN ▪ excessive enthusiasm. DERIVATIVES overenthusiastic adjective …   English terms dictionary

• slobber — ► 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 pr …   English terms dictionary