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Webster 1913 Edition


Enthusiast

En-thu′si-ast

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
enthousiaste
.]
One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as:
(a)
One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic.
(b)
One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enthusiast

ENTHU'SIAST

,
Noun.
enthu'ziast.
1.
One who imagines he has special or supernatural converse with God, or special communications from him.
2.
One whose imagination is warmed; one whose mind is highly excited with the love or in the pursuit of an object; a person of ardent zeal; as an enthusiast in poetry or music.
3.
One of elevated fancy or exalted ideas.

Definition 2024


enthusiast

enthusiast

English

Noun

enthusiast (plural enthusiasts)

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

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  • enthusiast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • enthusiast in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911