enthusiast

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/
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/ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/ · /-θjuː-/ · /-əst/ · /ənˈθuziˌɪst/ · /ɛn-/ · /-ˈθju-/ · /-ˌæst/ · /ənˈθʉːziˌəst/ · /en-/ · /-æst/ · /ɪnˈtʰuːziˌəst/ · /-tʰjuː-/ · /ɪnˈθʉːziˌəst/ · /-θjʉː-/

Definition of enthusiast

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
    “But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.”
    “I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/her foot when listening to such music.”
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noun

  1. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
    “But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.”
    “I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/her foot when listening to such music.”
  2. (archaic)A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.

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