What does "zeal" mean?
Zeal: A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established. Johnson.
Additional senses
- 2.A zealot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 3.To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] Bacon.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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