Both Uses of
fanatic
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
- He knew the value of food, and, like anyone, he frequently ate too much; he took considerable pleasure in making love to his wife when he was able, once a month or so; he was never fanatic, and if he felt himself slipping into an extreme point of view he would check himself at once, relax every nerve; he had a healthy American's envy of people slightly better off than himself.†
Chpt 10
- He was not simply indifferent to food, he was fanatically indifferent.†
Chpt 14 *
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