eager
/ˈiɡɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
Example Sentences
- "Stacey is very eager to go cycling this weekend."
- "The hounds were eager in the chase."
- "I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays."
- "You stayed up all night to get to the front of the queue. You must be very eager to get tickets."
- "When to her eager lips is brought / Her infant's thrilling kiss."
- "a crowd of eager and curious schoolboys"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Proto-Italic *akris Classical Latin ācer Late Latin ācrus Old French aigrebor. Middle English egre English eager Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈiɡɚ/
- British English: /ˈiːɡə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more eager (comparative)
eagerer (comparative)
most eager (superlative)
eagerest (superlative)
aigre (alternative, obsolete)
eagre (alternative, obsolete)
eagers (present, singular)
eagering (participle, present)
eagered (participle, past)
eagered (past)
eagers (plural)