eagersome

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From eager +‎ -some.

Adjective

[edit]

eagersome (comparative more eagersome, superlative most eagersome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by eagerness.
    • 1901, Eugene Field, Joseph G. Brown, A Little Book of Tribune Verse:
      It loves to coquette with my eagersome eyes, []
    • 1960, Analog Science Fact, Fiction - Volume 66, Issues 2-6, page 29:
      Even a knocked-about old palomer like me has seen enough o' men to ken when a one's too timid an' eagersome to stand by a lie.