enthuse

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To show enthusiasm.
  2. (humorous, proscribed, sometimes) To cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɛnˈθjuːz/
Etimologie (Engels)

First attested from 1827. Back-formation from enthusiasm, from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”)

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