eagersome

English

Etymology

From eager +‎ -some.

Adjective

eagersome (comparative more eagersome, superlative most eagersome)

1. (rare) Characterised or marked by eagerness.
   • 1901, Eugene Field, Joseph G. Brown, A Little Book of Tribune Verse:

     It loves to coquette with my eagersome eyes, […]

   • 1960, Analog Science Fact, Fiction - Volume 66, Issues 2-6, page 29:

     Even a knocked-about old palomer like me has seen enough o' men to ken when a one's too timid an' eagersome to stand by a lie.