Crossword Dictionary
overenthusiastic
overenthusiastic - a
unduly enthusiastic
in a sentence
… was minding his own business at a computer conference when an apparently overenthusiastic fan gave him a kind of bear hug around the neck, which wrenched some vertebrae …
Indeed, he thinks many in the press and business community may be a little overenthusiastic about how soon many of these new technologies will have an impact.
… he made an overenthusiastic lunge from the stage and tore cartilage in his knee.
… I played it willingly, throwing myself into it overenthusiastically because I had few prospects and little choice.
etymology
enthusiastic - c. 1600, "pertaining to possession by a deity," from Greek enthousiastikos "inspired," from enthousiazein "be possessed or inspired by a god" (see enthusiasm). Meaning "pertaining to irrational delusion in religion" is from 1690s. The main modern sense, in reference to feelings or persons, "intensely eager, rapturous," is from 1786. Related: Enthusiastically.