eager+desire
81agog — /euh gog /, adj. 1. highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc. adv. 2. in a state of eager desire; excitedly. [1535 45; var. of on gog (in phrase set on gog rouse, stir up) < MF en gogues; see GOGO] Syn. 1. awestruck, enthralled.… …
82impatience — /im pay sheuhns/, n. 1. lack of patience. 2. eager desire for relief or change; restlessness. 3. intolerance of anything that thwarts, delays, or hinders. [1175 1225; ME impacience < L impatientia. See IM 2, PATIENCE] * * * …
83zeal — zealless, adj. /zeel/, n. fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. [1350 1400; ME zele < LL zelus < Gk zêlos] Syn. intensity, passion. Ant. apathy. * * * …
84Mozarabic Rite — • The name Mozarabic Rite is given to the rite used generally in Spain and in what afterwards became Portugal from the earliest times of which we have any information down to the latter part of the eleventh century, and still surviving in the… …
85giernan — giernan1 wv/t1b w.g. to yearn for, strive, be eager, desire, entreate, seek for, beg, demand [georn] …
86concupiscence — mid 14c., from L. concupiscentia eager desire, from concupiscens, prp. of concupiscere, inceptive of concupere to be very desirous of, from com , intensive prefix (see COM (Cf. com )), + cupere to long for (see CUPIDITY (Cf. cupidity)). Used in… …
87strenuous — (adj.) characterized by great effort, 1590s, from L. strenuus active, vigorous, keen. Probably cognate with Gk. strenes, strenos keen, strong, strenos arrogance, eager desire, O.E. stierne hard, severe, keen (see STERN (Cf. stern) (adj.)). Mocked …
88held back his curiosity — restrained his curiosity, did not pry despite his eager desire to know …
89impatience — im•pa•tience [[t]ɪmˈpeɪ ʃəns[/t]] n. 1) intolerance of anything that thwarts, delays, or hinders 2) eager desire for relief or change …
90zeal — [[t]zil[/t]] n. fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; ardor • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME zele < LL zēlus < Gk zêlos …
