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zealous (iou)



zealous adjective. E16.
[from medieval Latin deriv. of Latin zelus (cf. medieval Latin gelositas): see ZEAL, -OUS.]
Full of zeal; active in the promotion of a person or cause. (Foll. by for, to do.) E16.
Ld Macaulay The House of Commons..more zealous for royalty than the king. D. L. Sayers The money..might, by zealous enquirers, have been traced to Lord Peter Wimsey's banking account.
b. Of an action etc.: marked by zeal. M16
W. S. Churchill The zealous campaign of the Whig Opposition in favour of the French revolutionaries.
Jealous (of). rare. M16-M17.
zealously adverb L16.
zealousness noun (now rare) M16.