aigre
aigre is the alternative spelling of eager.
Meaning of eager
Adjective
eager (comparative more eager or eagerer, superlative most eager or eagerest)
- Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
- Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend.
- Synonyms:
- bursting
- Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
- an eager algorithm
- 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 itself1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC
- Sharp; sour; acid.
- like eager droppings into milkc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
- If so thou thinkest, vex him with eager words.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
Forms of aigre
| comparative | more aigre |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aigre |
Origin of aigre
Borrowed from French aigre (“sharp, sour”). See eager.
Questions about aigre
- What is aigre the alternative spelling of?
- Aigre is the alternative spelling of eager.
Words near aigre in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aigre (page history and authors); eager (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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