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eager
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?i??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i???/
- Rhymes: -i???(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English egre, eger, from Old French egre (French aigre), from Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
Alternative forms
- aigre (obsolete)
- eagre (obsolete)
Adjective
eager (comparative more eager, superlative most eager)
- Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
- 1887, John Keble, s:The Christian Year
- When to her eager lips is brought / Her infant's thrilling kiss.
- a crowd of eager and curious schoolboys
- 1887, John Keble, s:The Christian Year
- (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
- an eager algorithm
- (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself
- (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
- (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Synonyms
- keen
- raring
- fain (archaic)
Derived terms
- eager beaver
- eagerly
- eagerness
Translations
Etymology 2
See eagre.
Noun
eager (plural eagers)
- Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).
Further reading
- eager in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eager in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- eager at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- aeger, agree, eagre, geare, æger
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affectionate
English
Etymology 1
Partly from Latin affectionatus, partly from affection + -ate. Doublet of aficionado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?k??n?t/
- Hyphenation: af?fec?tion?ate
Adjective
affectionate (comparative more affectionate, superlative most affectionate)
- (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
- She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
- (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
- the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
- (obsolete) Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
Synonyms
- tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
Derived terms
- affectionately
Related terms
- affect
- affectation
- affecter
- affective
- affection
Translations
Etymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from affection + -ate (modelled on Middle French affectionner).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?k??ne?t/
Verb
affectionate (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated)
- (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
- (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
- , Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […].
- 1721, John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629, Volume 1, page 222,
- And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be, […].
- 1838 February 1, Charles Dickens, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, page 41,
- Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
- CHARLES DICKENS
- , Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
Latin
Adjective
affecti?n?te
- vocative masculine singular of affecti?n?tus
Scots
Adjective
affectionate (comparative mair affectionate, superlative maist affectionate)
- affectionate
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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