单词 | zealed |
释义 | † zealedadj. Obsolete. rare. Zealous; demonstrating or characterized by zeal. Cf. over-zealed adj.In quot. 1679, apparently as a correction of an earlier typographical error (cf. the variant reading); however, the original reading is likely to have been sealed, in sense ‘sworn, committed’ (cf. sealed adj. 1c). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective] needfulOE anguishous?c1225 eager?a1300 throc1330 fierce1377 desirousc1386 affectuousa1400 yeverousa1400 inwardc1402 earnestful?1406 rathe?c1450 zealing1459 increc1480 affectual1483 zealous1526 affectioneda1533 jealous1535 heartyc1540 affectivec1550 earnest1563 pricking1575 forward1587 affectionate1598 passiveless1602 zealful1602 full-hearteda1616 wholehearted1644 intense1645 high1649 covetous1652 thorough-hearted1656 keen as mustard1659 fell1667 fervent1673 smirk1674 zealed1679 prest1697 strenuous1713 enthusiastic1741 enthusiastical1755 whole-souled1821 con amore1828 lyrical1875 mustard1919 gung ho1942 1679 Loves Pilgramage (new ed.) iv. i. 85/2 in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher 50 Comedies & Trag. You might have done, but for that zeald [1647 (ed. 1) scale] religion You women bear to swownings. 1712 tr. Abstr. Lett. Patent Edward VI to Foreign Churches London in Apol. French Refugees in Ireland (end matter) It is of the Duty and Charity of Christian Princes to be mindful and zealed for the most Holy Gospel of God and Apostolical Religion. 1821 M. D. Fretageot Let. 22 July in J. M. Elliott Partnership for Posterity (1994) i. 132 Mr Seybert told me he was one of the most zealed for the success of a thing which he had reckognised the utility and goodness. 1903 Notes from Leyden Mus. 23 183 One of the zealed correspondents of our Museum, communicated me the other day some observations..on living animals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1679 |
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