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overeagerness

overeagerness noun: the quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.

Noun

overeagerness (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of overeagerness

From overeager + -ness.

Questions about overeagerness

What does overeagerness mean?
Overeagerness means the quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
What part of speech is overeagerness?
Overeagerness is a noun.

Words near overeagerness in the dictionary

  1. overdyeing
  2. overdyes
  3. overdying
  4. overeager
  5. overeagerly
  6. overeagerness
  7. overearnest
  8. overearnestly
  9. overearnestness
  10. overeasily
  11. overeasiness

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