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Definition of Eagerness

Eagerness

  1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
  2. Tartness; sourness.

Eagerness Quotations

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
George Eliot

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
Desiderius Erasmus

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.
Irving Babbitt

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.
Zane Grey

All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.
Padma Lakshmi
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Eagerness Translations

eagerness in Latin is studium
eagerness in Norwegian is iver

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