J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

keen

Definition of keen (adj)

1a: intellectually alert : having or characteristic of a quick penetrating minda keen student
b: extremely sensitive in perception
c: sharply contestedkeen competition
2a(1): showing a quick and ardent responsiveness : ENTHUSIASTIC
(2): EAGER
bof emotion or feeling : INTENSE
3: WONDERFUL, EXCELLENT
4a: having a fine edge or point : SHARP
b: affecting one as if by cutting
c: pungent to the sense

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