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Definition of Overzealous
1. Adjective. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea. "Rabid isolationist"
Similar to: Passionate
Derivative terms: Fanatic, Fanatism, Fanatic, Rabidity, Rabidness
Definition of Overzealous
1. a. Too zealous.
Definition of Overzealous
1. Adjective. Too zealous; too enthusiastic, determined; too fervent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overzealous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overzealous
Literary usage of Overzealous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bismarck's Diplomacy at Its Zenith by Joseph Vincent Fuller (1922)
"Apparently settled in the spring, by midsummer it was once more set stirring
through the overzealous activity of Prince Alexander. ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"In its desire to make a record and please its master, the public, it may go too
far, create friction by an overzealous adherence to a hard-and-fast policy. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"The proper conditions being given for the development of the disease—generally
a congregation composed mainly of young women—any fanatic or overzealous ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"The proper conditions being given for the development of the ise—generally a
congregation composed mainly of young women—any fanatic or overzealous priest ..."
5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... make a hobby of. be overzealous for, be fanatical about, ... Impassioned:
overzealous, fanatical: excitable, Inflammable; ..."
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