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enthusiast - 3 dictionary results

en⋅thu⋅si⋅ast

[en-thoo-zee-ast, -ist]
–noun
1. a person who is filled with enthusiasm for some principle, pursuit, etc.; a person of ardent zeal: a sports enthusiast.
2. a religious visionary or fanatic.

Origin:
1600–10; < Gk enthousiasts one inspired, equiv. to enthousi- (see enthusiasm ) + -astēs, var. of -istēs -ist after i


1. zealot, devotee, fan.
en·thu·si·ast   (ěn-thōō'zē-āst')   
n.  
  1. One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit: a baseball enthusiast.
  2. A zealot; a fanatic.

[Greek enthousiastēs, possessed person, from enthousiazein, to be inspired; see enthusiasm.]

Enthusiast

En*thu"si*ast\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. enthousiaste.] One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.

Enthusiasts soon understand each other. --W. Irving.

Syn: Visionary; fanatic; devotee; zealot.
Language Translation for : enthusiast
Spanish: entusiasta,
German: der, *die Schwärmer(in),
Japanese: ~狂
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