eager

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
  2. adjective having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.

In classic literature

Synonyms

tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir

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