adj.
strongly wanting to do or have something.
▸keenly expectant or interested.
Phrase
- eager beaver
informal an enthusiastic person who works very hard.
Derivative
- eagerly adv.
- eagerness n.
Etymology
ME (also in the sense ‘pungent, sour’): from OFr. aigre ‘keen’, from L. acer, acr- ‘sharp, pungent’.
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