zestful

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈzɛs(t)f(ʊ)l/
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/ˈzɛs(t)f(ʊ)l/ · /ˈzɛs(t)f(ə)l/

Definition of zestful

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Full of zest.
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adj

  1. Full of zest.
  2. (figuratively)Full of zest.
    “[T]here appeared a narrowly patriotic government, which presently developed into an aggressive, vindictive and pitiless dictatorship, and set itself at once to the zestful persecution of the unfortunate ethnic minorities (about a third of the entire population) caught in the net of its all too ample boundaries.”
    “[T]he former priest, by now habituated to military life, and even zestful for it, enlisted under the new young king, with the rank of captain.”
  3. (figuratively)Full of zest.
    “Debonair youth! The spurs, the wide felt hat, the open shirt, the belt holding the array of small pouches, including a holstered revolver, the delight in the long stock-whip having a bright green silk cracker to produce loud reports, ranging from slow rifle fire to the rat-tat-tat of a machine-gun, all told the story of zestful youth.”

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Etymology

From zest + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun).

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