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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] .]

Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous;

as, an

enthusiastic

lover of art

“Enthusiastical raptures.”

Calamy.

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En-thuˊsi-as′tic-al-ly

adv.

A young man . . . of a visionary and

enthusiastic

character.

W. Irving.

enthusiastical ‎(comparative more enthusiastical, superlative most enthusiastical)

(archaic) enthusiastic
- 1889, Lord Lyttelton, Dialogues of the Dead:
  --The conversation we have had, as well as the reflections of my own mind on past events, would, if I were condemned to my body again, teach me great moderation in my judgments of persons who might happen to differ from me in difficult scenes of public action; they would entirely cure me of the spirit of party, and make me think that as in the Church, so also in the State, no evil is more to be feared than a rancorous and enthusiastical zeal.