Read full poem →Hear you, then, celestial fellows!
Fits not to be overzealous;
Steads not to work on the clean jump,
Dictionary Entry
Too zealous; too enthusiastic or fervent.
In a Sentence
“With his overzealous attempts to impress, he only managed to annoy her.”
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Poetry examples for “overzealous”
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