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eager

Pronunciation: /ˈiɡɚ/

The English word “eager” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
  2. Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
  3. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
  4. Sharp; sour; acid.
  5. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

verb

  1. To be or become eager.
  2. To express eagerness.
  3. To make or encourage to be eager

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.

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