fanatical
Origin of fanatic
from Classical Latin fanaticus, of a temple, hence enthusiastic, inspired from fanum, a temple: see fane a person whose extreme zeal, piety, etc. goes beyond what is reasonable; zealot
noun
The definition of a fanatic is a person who is overly excited and interested in something.
An example of fanatic is someone with a room devoted to Elvis Presley in their two-bedroom house.
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fanatic
noun
A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.
adjective
Fanatical.
Origin of fanatic
Latin fānāticus inspired by orgiastic rites, pertaining to a temple from fānum temple ; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural fanatics)
- A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
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Sentence Examples
- If the horseracing fanatic, Brandon, was there, he'd call this man a wild mustang.
- "Indeed," said the old fanatic, "I am afraid that you have."
- The Dahra and the Warsenis rose at the voice of a fanatic called Bu-Maza (" the goat man "), a Khuan of the order of the Mouley-TaIeb.
- 1 Keimer and his sister had come the year before from London, where he had learned his trade; both were ardent members of the fanatic band of " French prophets."
- At that moment it was in a state of - open rebellion, stirred up by a religious fanatic who proclaimed himself a mahdi of Islam.
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