zest
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
zest
n 1: vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment [syn: {gusto},
{relish}, {zest}, {zestfulness}]
2: a tart spicy quality [syn: {nip}, {piquance}, {piquancy},
{piquantness}, {tang}, {tanginess}, {zest}]
v 1: add herbs or spices to [syn: {zest}, {spice}, {spice up}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Zest \Zest\ (z[e^]st), n. [F. zeste, probably fr. L. schistos
split, cleft, divided, Gr. ?, from ? to split, cleave. Cf.
{Schism}.]
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1. 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.
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2. Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste,
or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment;
relish; gusto.
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Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe
Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
--Young.
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Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the
highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
--Gogan.
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3. The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.
[Obs.]
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Zest \Zest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Zested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Zesting}.]
1. To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon,
etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
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2. To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or
relish of; as, to zest wine. --Gibber.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
139 Moby Thesaurus words for "zest":
activity, alacrity, amusement, animal pleasure, animal spirits,
animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, ardor, avidity,
avidness, bite, bliss, bodily pleasure, breathless impatience,
brio, briskness, capersomeness, carnal delight, cheerful readiness,
coltishness, comfort, content, contentment, coziness,
creature comforts, delectation, delight, eagerness, ease, ecstasy,
edge, elan, elation, endpleasure, enjoyment, entertainment,
enthusiasm, esprit, euphoria, exuberance, fervor, flavor,
forepleasure, forwardness, friskiness, frolicsomeness, fruition,
fun, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, ginger, glow, gratification,
great satisfaction, gust, gusto, guts, heart, heartiness,
hearty enjoyment, hotness, hunger, impatience, impetuosity,
impetus, intellectual pleasure, interest, joie de vivre,
keen desire, keen pleasure, keenness, kick, kicks, life,
liveliness, lustiness, luxury, mettle, nip, nippiness, palate,
passion, pepper, pepperiness, perkiness, pertness,
physical pleasure, piquancy, piss and vinegar, playfulness,
pleasure, promptness, punch, pungency, quickness, quiet pleasure,
raciness, readiness, relish, robustness, rollicksomeness,
rompishness, satisfaction, savor, self-gratification,
self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure,
sexual pleasure, skittishness, snap, snappiness, spice, spiciness,
spirit, spiritedness, spirits, sportiveness, sprightliness,
sweetness of life, tang, tanginess, thirst, titillation, verve,
vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, voluptuousness, warmth, well-being,
zeal, zestfulness, zing, zip
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