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Fanatic

Fa-năt'ic or Fa-năt'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. fanaticus, inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, from fanum, fane; Fr. fanatique, Sp. & It. fanatico. See FANE.] Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions or opinions.

I abhor such fanatical phantasms. Shak.

Fa-nāt'ic, n.

noun

n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.

There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close sticking thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. Fuller, 1660.

Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe.