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fanatic
What does fanatic mean?
fanatic (noun): a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fanatic in a sentence?
- A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does fanatic come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely inspired, frenzied”), from fānum (“temple”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to fanatic
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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