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FromMiddle Englishzele, fromOld Frenchzel, fromLate Latinzēlus, fromAncient Greekζῆλος(zêlos,zeal, jealousy), fromProto-Indo-European*yeh₂-(to search). Related tojealous.

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zeal (countable anduncountable,pluralzeals)

  1. Thefervour ortirelessdevotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance;diligententhusiasm;powerfulinterest.
    Synonyms:ardour,eagerness,enthusiasm,intensity,passion
    Antonym:apathy
    She extols the virtues of veganism with missionaryzeal.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [],→OCLC,Romans10:2:
      I bear them record that they have azeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
    • 1687,[John Dryden], “The Third Part”, inThe Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: [] Jacob Tonson [],→OCLC,page96:
      Zeal, the blind conductor of the will
    • 1779,David Hume,Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion[1], part 12, pages143–144:
      [] the highestzeal in religion and the deepest hypocrisy, so far from being inconsistent, are often or commonly united in the same individual character.
    • 1815 December (indicated as1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 14, inEmma: [], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London: [] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] forJohn Murray,→OCLC,page250:
      [He] would begin admiring her drawings with so muchzeal and so little knowledge as seemed terribly like a would-be lover,
    • 1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, inRailway Magazine, page709:
      It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to thezeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty.
    • 1962,Rachel Carson, chapter 15, inSilent Spring[2], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page248:
      The stockman’szeal for eliminating the coyote has resulted in plagues of field mice, which the coyote formerly controlled.
  2. (obsolete) A person whoexhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
    Synonym:zealot
    • 1614,Ben Jonson,Bartholomew Fair[3], London: Robert Allot, act v, scene 5, page85:
      [] like a malicious purblindezeale as thou art!
    • 1642,Thomas Browne,Religio Medici[4], London: Andrew Crooke, page 5:
      [] there are questionlesse both in Greeke, Roman and Africa Churches, solemnities, and ceremonies, whereof the wiserzeales doe make a Christian use, and stand condemned by us;
  3. Thecollective noun for a group ofzebras.
    Synonyms:dazzle,herd
    • 2012, Alex Kuskowski,Zeal of Zebras: Animal Groups on an African Safari,→ISBN, page 8:
      Azeal of zebras confuses predators. Each zebra has a different set of stripes.

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fervour or devotion

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