2022-03-01 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - enthuse

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2022-03-01

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - enthuse

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง enthuse = “en-THOOZ”

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:

enthuse

Meaning “to show enthusiasm,” enthuse is nonstandard.

Instead of saying “She enthused over the dance,“

 say “She was enthusiastic over (or about) the dance.”

                                  

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:

enthuse

“enthuse” is a handy word 

and “state enthusiastically” is not nearly so striking; 

but unfortunately “enthuse” is not acceptable 

in the most formal contexts. 

 

Dictionary.com:

USAGE NOTE FOR ENTHUSE

The verb enthuse is a 19th-century back formation 

from the noun enthusiasm. 

 

Originally an Americanism, enthuse is now standard 

and well established in the speech and all 

but the most formal writing of educated persons, 

in both Britain and the United States. 

 

It is used as a transitive verb meaning “to cause to become enthusiastic”

(The liveliness of the dance enthused the audience ) 

and as an intransitive verb meaning “to show enthusiasm” 

(She enthused warmly over his performance ). 

 

Despite its long history and frequent occurrence, however, 

enthuse is still strongly disapproved of by many.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Usage of Enthuse

Enthuse is apparently American in origin, 

although the earliest known example of its use 

occurs in a letter written in 1827 by a young Scotsman

who spent about two years in the Pacific Northwest. 

It has been disapproved since about 1870. 

Current evidence shows it to be flourishing nonetheless 

on both sides of the Atlantic especially in journalistic prose.

 

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:

Back-formation from enthusiasm.

Usage Note: 

The verb enthuse, a back-formation from enthusiasm, 

is viewed as an irritant by many. 

The sentence 

The majority leader enthused over his party's gains 

was rejected by 76 percent of the Usage Panel in our 1982 survey, 

by 65 percent in 1997, and by 66 percent in 2009. 

Back-formationsoften meet with disapproval on their first appearance 

and only gradually become accepted. 

For example, 

diagnose, which was first recorded in 1861, 

is a back-formation from diagnosis 

and is perfectly acceptable today. 

 

Since enthuse dates from 1827,

there may be something more at play here 

than a slower erosion of popular resistance. 

 

Unlike enthusiasm, which denotes an internal emotional state, 

enthuse denotes either the external expression of emotion 

(as in She enthused over attending the Oscar ceremonies) 

or the inducement of enthusiasm by an external source 

(as in He was so enthused about the diet pills that he agreed to do a testimonial in a television ad). 

 

It is possible that a distaste for this emphasis 

on external emotional display and emotional manipulation 

is sometimesthe source of distaste for the word itself.

 

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary:

usage: 

enthuse is a 19th-century back formation from the noun enthusiasm 

and is now standard and well established in the speech and all

but the most formal writing of educated persons in both Britain and the U.S. 

Despite its long history and frequent occurrence, however, 

enthuse, like some other back formations, 

still encounters some disapproval.