Overeagerness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overeagerness is a noun meaning The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
Meaning
The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
Example Sentences
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.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overenthusiasm, overearnestness, overexcitement, overageness, overeffusiveness, overweeningness.
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