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eagerness|ˈiːgənɪs|
[f. eager a. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being eager.
†1.
a. Pungency of taste.
b. Acidity, sourness.
1490Arnolde Chron. (1811) 112 Alle maner auenturs..of alle the sayd wynes, lecage forth and egirnesse of the same oonly excepte. 1558Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. (1568) 106 a, Sugre for to moderate the eygrenesse of the Alome. 1601Holland Pliny xix. viii, Senvie..stewed in some convenient liquor, in such sort, as a man shal not..complaine of any eagernesse that it hath. 1713Lond. & Country Brew. ii. (1743) 104 By..Boiling, the Wort is..more able to resist Eagerness and Putrefaction.
†2. Acerbity, bitterness, irritability. Obs.
1475Bk. Noblesse 4 Ire, egrenesse, and feersnesse is holden for a vertu in the lion. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xviii. I. 56 Saul had persecuted him with greater furie and egrenesse than all the rest. 1624Bedell Lett. ii. 47 This eagrenesse is not mutuall.
†3. Of metals: Defective temper, brittleness.
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 289 It taketh away the eagrenesse of Brasse.
4. Keenness, swiftness.
1831J. Holland Manuf. Metals I. 290 These stones [grindstones for cutlery] are of a peculiar grit, and cut with great eagerness.
†5. Impetuosity, fierceness. Obs.
c1400Melayne 915 Aftir armours he askede tytte, For egernesse he loughe. 1485Malory Arthur i. xv (1817) They were so couragyous that many Knyghtes shoke..for egrenes. 1665Manley Grotius' Low-C. Warrs 417 Nor the Sea it self, can put a stop to their [bears'] eagerness. 1678Earl Murray in Lauderdale Pap. (1885) III. lxxx. 131 The Kinge..becaem paell and he shouke withe eagernes.
6. Keenness of appetite or desire; impatient haste to do or obtain something. Const. of, for, or inf.
1486Bk. St. Albans A vij b, Mony an hawke for egernesse when he shulde nomme a fowle he seesith bot the federis. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (1869) 239 Industrie is a liuely and vnweried search and occupation in honest things, egernesse is an appetite in base and small matters. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. (1675) 69 We..find not..that Satisfaction..that the Eagerness of our unruly Appetites promises us. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. Ded., An eagerness of Learning more. 1741Richardson Pamela I. 18 ‘What say'st thou my Girl?’ said he, with some Eagerness. 1870Bryant Homer I. vi. 184 Let no man through eagerness for spoil Linger behind the rest. |