Schwarmerei describes extravagant enthusiasm or excessive sentimentality.
Schwarmerei describe un entusiasmo extravagante o un sentimentalismo excesivo.
| Front | schwarmerei \shver-muh-RY\ |
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| Back | noun 1. Extravagant enthusiasm. 2. Excessive sentimentality. [From Schwärmerei (enthusiasm), from schwärmen (to swarm, to be wild or mad about). Earliest documented use: 1845.] "True fulfillment flowed solely from whatever they had in common, for that was always a condition of schwarmerei." |
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