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   enthusiast

   /ɪnˈθjuːzɪast/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject: "a sports car enthusiast"
   • 2. a person of intense and visionary Christian views. archaic, derogatory

   Word Origin mid 16th century (referring to a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired): via late Latin enthusiasta ‘kind of heretic’ from Greek enthousiastēs ‘person inspired by a god’, from enthousiazein (see enthusiasm).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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