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1. (n.) zeal
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; ardor.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME zele < LL zēlus < Gk zêlos)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ardor, ardour, elan, zeal
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
"they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"
2. (noun) zeal
excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end
"he had an absolute zeal for litigation"
3. (noun) readiness, eagerness, zeal, forwardness
prompt willingness
"readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) zeal
passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor
2. (noun) zeal
a zealot
3. (verb) zeal
to be zealous
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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zeal
The feeling you have before you secure the thing, as compared with "Stung," which is your condition after you have captured it.
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Sense: enthusiasm or keenness.
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 Afrikaans: ywer |
 Arabic: حَماسَه، حَمِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: усърдие |
 Brazilian: zelo |
 Czech: horlivost |
 German: der Eifer |
 Danish: entusiasme |
 Greek: ενθουσιασμός, ζήλος |
 Spanish: entusiasmo |
 Estonian: innukus |
 Farsi: اشتیاق |
 Finnish: into |
 French: zèle |
 Hebrew: לַהַט, מְסִירוּת וְהִתלַה |
 Hindi: उत्साह |
 Croatian: revnost, gorljivost |
 Hungarian: buzgalom |
 Indonesian: semangat |
 Icelandic: ákafi, brennandi áhugi |
 Italian: zelo |
 Japanese: 熱心 |
 Korean: 열중 |
 Lithuanian: įkarštis, užsidegimas |
 Latvian: dedzība; aizrautība |
 Malay: semangat |
 Dutch: ijver |
 Norwegian: (tjeneste)iver, nidkjærhe |
 Polish: zapał |
 Persian: اشتیاق |
 Pashto: علاقمندى |
 Portuguese: zelo |
 Romanian: zel |
 Russian: энтузиазм; рвение |
 Slovak: horlivosť, zápal, zaniete |
 Slovenian: vnema |
 Serbian: revnost |
 Swedish: iver, nit, entusiasm |
 Thai: ความกระตือรือร้นจนเกินไป |
 Turkish: istek, arzu |
 Taiwanese: 熱誠，熱衷 |
 Ukrainian: старанність, завзятість |
 Urdu: جوش خروش یا سنجیدگی |
 Vietnamese: nhiệt huyết |
 Chinese: 热情，热忱 |
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