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overenthusiasm

overenthusiasm noun: excessive enthusiasm.

Noun

overenthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural overenthusiasms)

  1. Excessive enthusiasm.
    • Paik Hong-yul, president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, which oversees South Korea’s space program, said Mr. Ko had made “mistakes out of his overenthusiasm in training.”2008 March 11, Choe Sang-Hun, “Woman Replaces Colleague for South Korea’s First Space Mission”, in New York Times

Forms of overenthusiasm

pluraloverenthusiasms

Origin of overenthusiasm

From over- + enthusiasm.

Questions about overenthusiasm

What does overenthusiasm mean?
Overenthusiasm means excessive enthusiasm.
What part of speech is overenthusiasm?
Overenthusiasm is a noun.
What is the plural of overenthusiasm?
The plural of overenthusiasm is overenthusiasms.

Words near overenthusiasm in the dictionary

  1. overenriches
  2. overenriching
  3. overenrichment
  4. overenrolled
  5. overentertained
  6. overenthusiasm
  7. overenthusiasms
  8. overenthusiastic
  9. overenthusiastically
  10. overentitled
  11. overentitlement

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