All 3 Uses of
fanatic
in
Moby Dick
- A deep, settled, fanatic delirium was in his eyes.†
Chpt 70-72 *
- Nor is the history of fanatics half so striking in respect to the measureless self-deception of the fanatic himself, as his measureless power of deceiving and bedevilling so many others.†
Chpt 70-72
- Nor is the history of fanatics half so striking in respect to the measureless self-deception of the fanatic himself, as his measureless power of deceiving and bedevilling so many others.†
Chpt 70-72
Definition:
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(fanatic) a person motivated by extreme enthusiasm (as for a cause) -- sometimes to a fault
or:
extremely enthusiastic -- sometimes to a fault