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noun

Zest n.

A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto. "Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe." "Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse."

The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut. (Obs.)

verb

Zest v. t. (past & past part. zested; pres. part. zesting)

To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.

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Etymology of 'Zest'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Zest" Quotes from Famous Books

... in from his ride, he found the old gentleman upon the hearth-rug, his white hair tossing over his brow, as he recited from Mr. Addison with the zest of a schoolboy ...

— The Battle Ground • Ellen Glasgow

... was much friendly strife with regard to the solving of hard arithmetical problems. This contest was no mere private matter. It was entered into with great zest by the men of both the villages concerned; the Catwickians and the Ristonians each backing their man to win. "A straw shows which way the wind blows," we say, and herein we may feel a breathing of the Holderness man's love of his clan, ...

— The Parish Clerk (1907) • Peter Hampson Ditchfield

... account, culled some fresh lettuce in the garden, and made a dream of a rum omelette, which she said was the national dish of America. It isn't, as most of us know, but it was a mighty good omelette, nevertheless, and the rum was sufficiently fiery to give it a zest. ...

— The Automobilist Abroad • M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

... most probable account of which surely is, that the author himself partook largely of the haughty and vindictive republican spirit which he has assigned to the character, and consequently, though perhaps unconsciously, drew the portrait with a peculiar zest. ...

— English Critical Essays - Nineteenth Century • Various

... her to be a prize of no common value, whose English gold would be welcome indeed to his Italian need and greed; while, finally, the bitter hate with which Lord Hawbury had inspired him gave an additional zest to the pursuit, and made him follow ...

— The American Baron • James De Mille

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