Zestful
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Full of zest.; Of food, or an aroma or flavour: pleasantly piquant, pungent, or spicy; zesty.
- 2 Full of zest.; Eager, enthusiastic. figuratively
"[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."
- 3 Full of zest.; Having a spirited love of life; ebullient, zesty. figuratively
"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."
- 1 marked by spirited enjoyment wordnet
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More examples"[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."
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).