"overeager" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-overeager.ogg Forms: more overeager [comparative], most overeager [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From over- + eager. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|eager|pos=adjective}} over- + eager Head templates: {{en-adj}} overeager (comparative more overeager, superlative most overeager)
  1. Excessively eager. Translations (Translations): makitatanga (Maori), kaiwhiti (Maori)
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