Definition
a person who is passionately interested in or infatuated with something; an enthusiast or devotee.
Etymology
From French engouée (feminine form of engoué), derived from engouler. The -ee suffix in English often indicates a person affected by an action, though here it's borrowed directly from French with its gendered form.
Kelly Says
This word is a wonderful example of how English borrowed French terms to express shades of meaning—an 'engouee' is more specifically a woman infatuated with something, whereas English would just say 'an infatuated person,' losing the poetic precision.
Translations
ARالعربية
انغوي
in-goo-ee
CACatalà
engouée
en-goo-eh
CSČeština
engouée
en-goo-eh
DADansk
engouée
en-goo-eh
DEDeutsch
engouée
en-goo-eh
ELΕλληνικά
engouée
en-goo-eh
ESEspañol
engouée
en-goo-eh
FISuomi
engouée
en-goo-eh
FRFrançais
engouée
en-goo-eh
HUMagyar
engouée
en-goo-eh
IDBahasa Indonesia
engouée
en-goo-eh
ITItaliano
engouée
en-goo-eh
MSBahasa Melayu
engouée
en-goo-eh
NLNederlands
engouée
en-goo-eh
NONorsk
engouée
en-goo-eh
PLPolski
engouée
en-goo-eh
PTPortuguês
engouée
en-goo-eh
RORomână
engouée
en-goo-eh
RUРусский
энгоуэ
en-goo-eh
SVSvenska
engouée
en-goo-eh
SWKiswahili
engouée
en-goo-eh
TAதமிழ்
எங்கோயி
en-goo-ee
TEతెలుగు
ఎంగోయి
en-goo-ee
TRTürkçe
engouée
en-goo-eh
UKУкраїнська
енгоуе
en-goo-eh
VITiếng Việt
engouée
en-goo-eh