eager

Meanings

Adjective

• Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
• Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
• Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
• Sharp; sour; acid.
• Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Noun

• Alternative of eagre (tidal bore).

Origin

• From Middle English egre, eger, from Old French egre (French aigre), from Latin acer ("sharp, keen"); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
• See eagre.