English edit

Etymology edit

overeager +‎ -ness

Noun edit

overeagerness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
    • 2008 May 25, “Circumstantial Evidence”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.”