keener

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who keens at a funeral. historical
  2. Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser. Canada,informal
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of keen: more keen comparative,form-of

词形变化

keeners plural keeners plural

词源

词源 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English keen
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English keener
From keen (“lament”, verb) + -er (“one who does”).
词源 3
Etymology tree
English keen
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English keener
From keen (“enthusiastic”) + -er (“one who is”).
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