zeal
/zil/ noun C1- The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest. · She extols the virtues of veganism with missionary zeal.
- A group of zebras.
Plural zeals
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The boy’s were shining with the impersonal zeal of the translator.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
Yet his zeal for certain studies was remarkable, and within eccentric limits his knowledge was so extraordinarily ample and minute that his observations have fairly astounded me.
It was simply zeal upon his part to gain your end—an end which is, I understand, equally vital for both of you.
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