schwärmv.
intransitive. To feel or display enthusiasm or passion.
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the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > be or become zealous [verb (intransitive)]
zeala1626
to warm (up) to1749
enthuse1864
schwärm1913
to wax lyrical1965
the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > take a fancy or liking [verb (intransitive)] > feel or display enthusiasm or passion
schwärm1913
1913 R. Brooke Let. 17 Dec. (1968) 553 They dance so well, the Fijians... I schwärm for it; and no white in or near Fiji cares twopence for anything except money-making.
1946 J. Cary Moonlight xxxiv. 276 ‘Oh, I saw it, a great bare barrack, and not even allowed to speak to other girls in the passages, or, walk arm-in-arm, and nowhere to go by yourself...’ Amanda, mildly surprised by this explosion of anger, said, ‘It's true we weren't allowed to schwärm—.’
Derivatives
ˈschwärmer n. (feminine.)
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person
fantastical1589
fantastic1598
earwig brain1599
extravagant1627
fanatic1644
energumen1660
original1675
toy-pate1702
gig1777
quiz1780
quoz?1780
rum touch1800
crotcheteer1815
pistol1828
eccentric1832
case1833
originalist1835
cure1856
crotchet-monger1874
curiosity1874
crank1881
crackpot1883
faddist1883
schwärmer1884
hard case1892
finger1899
mad hatter1905
nut1908
numéro1924
screwball1933
wack1938
fruitcake1942
odd bod1942
oddball1943
ghoster1953
raver1959
kook1960
flake1968
woo-woo1972
zonky1972
wacko1977
headbanger1981
1884 G. Meredith Let. 17 Sept. (1970) II. 745 The enclosed, from a Wagner Schwärmer, may induce you to visit Munich.
ˈschwärmerin n. an enthusiast, a zealot.
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1927 M. Sadleir Trollope: Comm. 211 Kate Field..developed first into a Schwärmerin for all the arts, then into a blue-stocking, and finally into a champion of woman's rights.
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