enthusiast

Senso

1. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
2. A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɪnˈθu.ziˌɪst/

Etimologia

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.