enthusiast

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  1. noun One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit: a baseball enthusiast.
  2. noun A zealot; a fanatic.

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  • The downside for the enthusiast is the barriers of entry for a full PCIe-based motherboard. —  HEXUS.net : News
  • From a knot of persons gathered round one of the fires he learnt that the enthusiast was addressing the crowd at the west side of the building, and proceeding thither he perceived him standing on the edge of the balustrade of the south-western tower, surmounting the little church of Saint Gregory. —  Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
  • For a few days all went well, for the enthusiast was a good doctor, who understood how to treat ophthalmia and to operate for squint, both of which complaints were prevalent in San Jose. —  Doctor Therne
  • For a few days all went well, for the enthusiast was a good doctor, who understood how to treat ophthalmia and to operate for squint, both of which complaints were prevalent in San —  Doctor Therne
  • From a knot of persons gathered round one of the fires he learnt that the enthusiast was addressing the crowd at the west side of the building, and proceeding thither he perceived him standing on the edge of the balustrade of the south-western tower, surmounting the little church of —  Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
 

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Etymologies (2)

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

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  1. = D. G. Danish enthusiast = Swedish entusiast, from . F. enthousiaste = Spanish entusiasta = Portuguese enthusiasta = Italian entusiasta, entusiaste, from ecclesiastical Greek ἐνθουσιασ, σ1τής, an enthusiast, a zealot, from ἐνθουσιάζεις: see enthusiasm.
 

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/ɛnˈθjuzɪæst/
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