Definitions
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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01“Keen”5 letters
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