zeal
Meaning
- The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
- (obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
- The collective noun for a group of zebras.
Synonyms
effrt
great joy
ardent love
ardent desire
enthusiansm
spring in one’s step
hot blood
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ziːl/
Etymology
From Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to search”). Related to jealous.
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