enthusiast
Meaning
- A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
- (archaic) A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.
Synonyms
aficionado
one who loves something
hot head
crazy about
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈθu.ziˌɪst/
Etymology
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.
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