fanatic

Sports 'fans' or fanatics

Meanings

Adjective

  • Fanatical.
  • Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

Noun

  • A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

Origin

  • First attested in 1525. From Latin fānāticus, from fānum. Influenced by French fanatique.

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