overeagerness

Etymology

From overeager + -ness.

overeagerness means the quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.“In her review of Christopher Benfey’s “Summer of Hummingbirds” (May 4), Laura Miller characterizes Benfey as having “a conspiracy theorist’s overeagerness in spying out connections.””