ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.

When Zeal sought Gratitude for his reward He went away exclaiming: "O my Lord!" "What do you want?" the Lord asked, bending down. "An ointment for my cracked and bleeding crown." Jum Coople

Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

Zeal \Zeal\, v. i. To be zealous. [Obs. & R.]

--Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Zeal \Zeal\ (z[=e]l), n. [F. z[`e]le; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp. zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. ?, probably akin to ? to boil. Cf. Yeast, Jealous.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. "Ambition varnished o'er with zeal." --Milton. "Zeal, the blind conductor of the will." --Dryden. "Zeal's never-dying fire." --Keble. [1913 Webster]

I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. --Rom. x. 2. [1913 Webster]

A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

2. A zealot. [Obs.]

--B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

zeal

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Zeal \Zeal\ (z[=e]l), n. [F. z[`e]le; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp. zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. ?, probably akin to ? to boil. Cf. Yeast, Jealous.]

1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. ``Ambition varnished o'er with zeal.'' --Milton. ``Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.'' --Dryden. ``Zeal's never-dying fire.'' --Keble.

I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. --Rom. x. 2.

A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established. --Johnson.

2. A zealot. [Obs.]

--B. Jonson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Zeal \Zeal\, v. i. To be zealous. [Obs. & R.]

--Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)