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Enthusiastic


ENTHUSIAS'TIC

ENTHUSIAS'TICAL, adjective Filled with enthusiasm, or the conceit of special intercourse with God or revelations from him.

1. Highly excited; warm and ardent; zealous in pursuit of an object; heated to animation. Our author was an enthusiastic lover of poetry and admirer of Homer.

2. Elevated; warm; tinctured with enthusiasm. The speaker addressed the audience in enthusiastic strains.