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Grammar : Adj
Spell : zel-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈzɛl əs



Definition of zealous

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Medieval Latin zelosus (source of Italian zeloso, Spanish celoso), from zelus (see zeal). Related: Zealously, zealousness.
  • adj enthusiastic
Example sentences :
  • He was leaning forward in his eagerness; he looked so zealous to be my champion—so honest!
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • You are too zealous a toad-eater, and betray yourself, Mr Pinch.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • In fact, he has always been a zealous friend and advocate of popular education.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • He is a zealous and liberal member of the Second Baptist church.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • A legion of hirelings were zealous to show their servility and loyalty to their lords.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • On nearly all the tablets the words "zeal" or "zealous" regularly appeared.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • He is zealous but not fanatical, but equally superstitious as devout.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
  • It must be remembered that More was a zealous Roman Catholic.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
  • You are in want of a protector; I may yet stand in need of an attached and zealous fellow.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

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