enthusiasticaladj.

Brit.

/ᵻnˌθjuːzɪˈastᵻkl/,

/ɛnˌθjuːzɪˈastᵻkl/, U.S.

/ᵻnˌθ(j)uziˈæstək(ə)l/,

/ɛnˌθ(j)uziˈæstək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s enthusiasticall, 1600s enthousiasticall, 1600s enthysiastical, 1600s enthysiasticall, 1600s– enthusiastical.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin enthusiasticus ; Greek ἐνθυσιαστικός ; -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin enthusiasticus or its etymon ancient Greek ἐνθυσιαστικός enthusiastic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier enthusiastic adj. Compare also earlier enthusiast n.

†1. Of the nature of, characteristic of, or relating to divine inspiration or demonic possession; = enthusiastic adj. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective]

inspiredc1450

illumined1526

godly-wise1532

revealed1533

illuminate1563

enthusiast1578

lightsome1587

enthusiastical1588

entheate1603

enthusiac1603

enthusiastic1603

illuminated1606

illightened1609

enthean1612

theopneust1647

illuminative1649

entheous1682

revelational1693

entheal1736

entheastic1804

theopneustic1838

theophanic1884

inspirational1888

theophanous1909

Beatrician1943

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies ii. 88 Enthusiasticall furies, rauishments, and excesses of spirit.

1638 F. Junius tr. On Sublime in Painting of Ancients iii. i. 250 Of their owne accord they are very little given to these enthusiasticall fits.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. i. 171 This way of communicating Truth to the Souls of men is originally nothing else but Prophetical or Enthusiastical.

1759 C. Umfreville Disc. 216 Extraordinary Flights, Ravishment of the Spirit, enthusiastical Possessions of God.

2. depreciative.

a. Designating a person who claims (falsely or erroneously) to receive divine communication or inspiration; designating (a member of) any of various Christian religious movements believing in, or thought to believe in, private divine revelation as opposed to revelation through scripture; of, relating to, or characterized by such movements or their beliefs. From the 18th cent. also in wider sense: relating to, of the nature of, or characterized by mystical, fanatical, or radical religious delusion; = enthusiastic adj. 1a. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective] > relating to fancied inspiration

spritish1538

enthusiastic1578

enthusiastical1607

enthusiast1862

1607 tr. H. Vastellabus in tr. Turkes Secretorie Ep. sig. A2^v Neither was Mahomet the second lesse agreeable in conditions than in Name, to that Enthusiasticall seducer.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 61 Squando..that Enthusiastical, or rather Diabolical Miscreant.

1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. xvii. 484 This one Enthusiastical Conceit of the ‘Light within’.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiii. 258 The Subject [sc. the Love of God] is a real one: There is nothing in it enthusiastical or unreasonable.

1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 82 The enthusiastical and seditious opinions of Muncer and the Anabaptists.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. ix. 98 A set of enthusiastical Methodists.

1967 J. R. Tanis Dutch Calvinistic Pietism in Middle Colonies ii. 84 There came a keen realization of the dangers inherent in enthusiastical religion.

2011 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 135 27 A ‘Wandering Spirit’, which roamed the countryside spreading antinomian, Anabaptist, and enthusiastical errors.

†b. In non-religious contexts: moved by irrational impulses; fanatically devoted to an organization, cause, belief, etc.; = enthusiastic adj. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > devoted to ideals

enthusiastical1614

enthusiastic1692

nympholeptic1818

idealistic1829

dreamy1845

starry-eyed1878

nympholept1902

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 331 Some will minister nothing, but what comes next into their heads and hands: these are Enthusiasticall Phisitians.

1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester 82 They are neither hot nor enthusiastical but under the power of calm and clear Principles.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 64 There have been in reality Enthusiastical Atheists.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 63. ⁋4 That all are equally happy..none is sufficiently enthusiastical to maintain.

1792 St. James's Chron. 4–6 Oct. The absurd and ridiculous impieties into which the enthusiastical Atheism of the French now hurries them are frequently beyond belief.

1814 A. O'Keeffe Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra I. i. 4 A birth transcending human expectation could not create a more enthusiastical sensation.

1888 Note-bk. Shelley Soc. 197 It seemed to him [sc. Bernard Shaw] that Shelley does produce irrationally enthusiastical phenomena, which Dante and Shakespere [sic] do not.

3. Full of or characterized by passion, eagerness, or keen interest; ardent, avid; energetic. Cf. enthusiastic adj. 3a, 3b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective]

needfulOE

anguishous?c1225

eager?a1300

throc1330

fierce1377

desirousc1386

affectuousa1400

yeverousa1400

inwardc1402

earnestful?1406

rathe?c1450

zealing1459

increc1480

affectual1483

zealous1526

affectioneda1533

jealous1535

heartyc1540

affectivec1550

earnest1563

pricking1575

forward1587

affectionate1598

passiveless1602

zealful1602

full-hearteda1616

wholehearted1644

intense1645

high1649

covetous1652

thorough-hearted1656

keen as mustard1659

fell1667

fervent1673

smirk1674

zealed1679

prest1697

strenuous1713

enthusiastic1741

enthusiastical1755

whole-souled1821

con amore1828

lyrical1875

mustard1919

gung ho1942

1755 J. G. Cooper Lett. conc. Taste vii. 46 An enthusiastical Admirer of the Lombard School of Painters.

1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 26 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 118 He who wishes to be successful, or happy, ought to be enthusiastical, that is to say, very keen in all the occupations or diversions of life.

1778 V. Knox Ess. I. xix. 126 The enthusiastical admirers of a favourite author.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 101 The old man, whose temper was not quite so enthusiastical.

1882 Cheshire Observer 24 June 5/4 Miss Calder..had been so enthusiastical and practical in supporting the cause.

1921 Christian Educ. 5 33 The reading of Nahum's description of the fall of Nineveh brought enthusiastical requests for more Bible reading in class.

2012 Interdisciplinary Jrnl. Contemp. Res. in Business (Nexis) 4 Efforts to this end have been enthusiastical and painstaking but the findings..seem to have been lost in a bundle of confusion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	enthusiastical
释义	enthusiasticaladj. Brit. /ᵻnˌθjuːzɪˈastᵻkl/, /ɛnˌθjuːzɪˈastᵻkl/, U.S. /ᵻnˌθ(j)uziˈæstək(ə)l/, /ɛnˌθ(j)uziˈæstək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s enthusiasticall, 1600s enthousiasticall, 1600s enthysiastical, 1600s enthysiasticall, 1600s– enthusiastical. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin enthusiasticus ; Greek ἐνθυσιαστικός ; -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin enthusiasticus or its etymon ancient Greek ἐνθυσιαστικός enthusiastic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier enthusiastic adj. Compare also earlier enthusiast n. †1. Of the nature of, characteristic of, or relating to divine inspiration or demonic possession; = enthusiastic adj. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective] inspiredc1450 illumined1526 godly-wise1532 revealed1533 illuminate1563 enthusiast1578 lightsome1587 enthusiastical1588 entheate1603 enthusiac1603 enthusiastic1603 illuminated1606 illightened1609 enthean1612 theopneust1647 illuminative1649 entheous1682 revelational1693 entheal1736 entheastic1804 theopneustic1838 theophanic1884 inspirational1888 theophanous1909 Beatrician1943 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies ii. 88 Enthusiasticall furies, rauishments, and excesses of spirit. 1638 F. Junius tr. On Sublime in Painting of Ancients iii. i. 250 Of their owne accord they are very little given to these enthusiasticall fits. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. i. 171 This way of communicating Truth to the Souls of men is originally nothing else but Prophetical or Enthusiastical. 1759 C. Umfreville Disc. 216 Extraordinary Flights, Ravishment of the Spirit, enthusiastical Possessions of God. 2. depreciative. a. Designating a person who claims (falsely or erroneously) to receive divine communication or inspiration; designating (a member of) any of various Christian religious movements believing in, or thought to believe in, private divine revelation as opposed to revelation through scripture; of, relating to, or characterized by such movements or their beliefs. From the 18th cent. also in wider sense: relating to, of the nature of, or characterized by mystical, fanatical, or radical religious delusion; = enthusiastic adj. 1a. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective] > relating to fancied inspiration spritish1538 enthusiastic1578 enthusiastical1607 enthusiast1862 1607 tr. H. Vastellabus in tr. Turkes Secretorie Ep. sig. A2^v Neither was Mahomet the second lesse agreeable in conditions than in Name, to that Enthusiasticall seducer. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 61 Squando..that Enthusiastical, or rather Diabolical Miscreant. 1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. xvii. 484 This one Enthusiastical Conceit of the ‘Light within’. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiii. 258 The Subject [sc. the Love of God] is a real one: There is nothing in it enthusiastical or unreasonable. 1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 82 The enthusiastical and seditious opinions of Muncer and the Anabaptists. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. ix. 98 A set of enthusiastical Methodists. 1967 J. R. Tanis Dutch Calvinistic Pietism in Middle Colonies ii. 84 There came a keen realization of the dangers inherent in enthusiastical religion. 2011 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 135 27 A ‘Wandering Spirit’, which roamed the countryside spreading antinomian, Anabaptist, and enthusiastical errors. †b. In non-religious contexts: moved by irrational impulses; fanatically devoted to an organization, cause, belief, etc.; = enthusiastic adj. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > devoted to ideals enthusiastical1614 enthusiastic1692 nympholeptic1818 idealistic1829 dreamy1845 starry-eyed1878 nympholept1902 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 331 Some will minister nothing, but what comes next into their heads and hands: these are Enthusiasticall Phisitians. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester 82 They are neither hot nor enthusiastical but under the power of calm and clear Principles. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 64 There have been in reality Enthusiastical Atheists. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 63. ⁋4 That all are equally happy..none is sufficiently enthusiastical to maintain. 1792 St. James's Chron. 4–6 Oct. The absurd and ridiculous impieties into which the enthusiastical Atheism of the French now hurries them are frequently beyond belief. 1814 A. O'Keeffe Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra I. i. 4 A birth transcending human expectation could not create a more enthusiastical sensation. 1888 Note-bk. Shelley Soc. 197 It seemed to him [sc. Bernard Shaw] that Shelley does produce irrationally enthusiastical phenomena, which Dante and Shakespere [sic] do not. 3. Full of or characterized by passion, eagerness, or keen interest; ardent, avid; energetic. Cf. enthusiastic adj. 3a, 3b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective] needfulOE anguishous?c1225 eager?a1300 throc1330 fierce1377 desirousc1386 affectuousa1400 yeverousa1400 inwardc1402 earnestful?1406 rathe?c1450 zealing1459 increc1480 affectual1483 zealous1526 affectioneda1533 jealous1535 heartyc1540 affectivec1550 earnest1563 pricking1575 forward1587 affectionate1598 passiveless1602 zealful1602 full-hearteda1616 wholehearted1644 intense1645 high1649 covetous1652 thorough-hearted1656 keen as mustard1659 fell1667 fervent1673 smirk1674 zealed1679 prest1697 strenuous1713 enthusiastic1741 enthusiastical1755 whole-souled1821 con amore1828 lyrical1875 mustard1919 gung ho1942 1755 J. G. Cooper Lett. conc. Taste vii. 46 An enthusiastical Admirer of the Lombard School of Painters. 1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 26 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 118 He who wishes to be successful, or happy, ought to be enthusiastical, that is to say, very keen in all the occupations or diversions of life. 1778 V. Knox Ess. I. xix. 126 The enthusiastical admirers of a favourite author. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 101 The old man, whose temper was not quite so enthusiastical. 1882 Cheshire Observer 24 June 5/4 Miss Calder..had been so enthusiastical and practical in supporting the cause. 1921 Christian Educ. 5 33 The reading of Nahum's description of the fall of Nineveh brought enthusiastical requests for more Bible reading in class. 2012 Interdisciplinary Jrnl. Contemp. Res. in Business (Nexis) 4 Efforts to this end have been enthusiastical and painstaking but the findings..seem to have been lost in a bundle of confusion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1588
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