ZEALOTIST
Zeal"ot*ist, n.
Defn: A zealot. [Obs.] Howell.
ZEALOTRY
Zeal"ot*ry, n.
Defn: The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French. Coleridge.
ZEALOUS
Zeal"ous, a. Etym: [LL. zelosus. See Zeal.]
1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object. He may be zealous in the salvation of souls. Law.
2. Filled with religious zeal. [Obs.] Shak.
— Zeal"ous*ly, adv.
— Zeal"ous*ness, n.
ZEBEC
Ze"bec, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Xebec.
ZEBRA
Ze"bra, n. Etym: [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a native
African name.] (Zoöl.)