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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overeagerness en · NOUN

Etymology

From overeager + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
    • In her review of Christopher Benfey’s “Summer of Hummingbirds” (May 4), Laura Miller characterizes Benfey as having “a conspiracy theorist’s overeagerness in spying out connections.” 2008 May 25, “Circumstantial Evidence”, in New York Times: