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  1. adjective Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy. See Usage Note at anxious.
  2. adjective Obsolete Tart; sharp; cutting.
  3. noun Variant of eagre.

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  • You happen to be as set in your way as an acre of stone fences More talk ensued--eager, future plannings. —  Three People
  • Then the barking sound once more--eager, excited barking Ross crouched back on his heels and saw a smoky brand of light moving along the edge of the meadow where the band of trees began. —  The Time Traders
  • But eager--eager all the time! —  His Family
  • At the same time Lady Marcia wrote continually, describing the plans that were being made to entertain her--eager, affectionate letters, very welcome in spite of their oddity to the girl's sore and orphaned mood. —  Lady Connie
  • All inside me was a tumult--eager, keen, wild excitement. —  Tales of lonely trails
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English eger, sour, sharp, impetuous, from Anglo-Norman egre, from Latin ācer; see ak- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English eger, egre, from Old French egre, aigre, French aigre = Provencal agre = Old Spanish agre, Spanish agrio = Portuguese Italian agro, from Latin acer (acr-), sharp, keen: see acid, acerb, etc. Cf. vinegar, alegar.
  2. from Middle English egren; from the adjective
 

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