[fəˈnatɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause
(e.g: religious fanatics)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (as an adjective): from French fanatique or Latin fanaticus ‘of a temple, inspired by a god’, from fanum ‘temple’. The adjective originally described behaviour that might result from possession by a god or demon, hence the earliest sense of the noun ‘a religious maniac’ (mid 17th century)

[fəˈnatɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- filled with or expressing excessive zeal
(e.g: his eyes had a fanatic iciness)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as an adjective): from French fanatique or Latin fanaticus ‘of a temple, inspired by a god’, from fanum ‘temple’. The adjective originally described behaviour that might result from possession by a god or demon, hence the earliest sense of the noun ‘a religious maniac’ (mid 17th century)