overeagerness

English

Etymology

From overeager +‎ -ness.

Noun

overeagerness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
   • 2008 May 25, “Circumstantial Evidence”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In her review of Christopher Benfey’s “Summer of Hummingbirds” (May 4), Laura Miller characterizes Benfey as having “a conspiracy theorist’s overeagerness in spying out connections.”