All 3 Uses of
fanatic
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- So Mr. Peabody had gone home to his parents, which left the second floor free of faculty; and the Physical Education fanatic on the fourth floor—the track-and-field coach, Mr. Tubulari—was also away for Christmas.†
p. 155.9
- Dan Needham hated madeup words, and he became quite boisterous on the subject of what wintertime events Mr. Tubulari was competing in; the fanatic had gone to Alaska, or maybe Minnesota.†
p. 156.6 *
- THESE SELF-RIGHTEOUS FANATICS ARE NOT 'RELIGIOUS'—THEIR HOMEY WISDOM IS NOT 'MORALITY.'†
p. 613.7fanatics = people motivated by extreme enthusiasm for a cause
Definition:
a person motivated by extreme enthusiasm (as for a cause) -- sometimes to a fault
or:
extremely enthusiastic -- sometimes to a fault
or:
extremely enthusiastic -- sometimes to a fault