zest

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

French zeste. Of unknown origin. The original meaning is 2. Meaning 1. ("enthusiasm") is metaphorical; confer to give a zest to, meaning "to add piquancy to", which can be done with a zest (meaning 2.).

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

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zest (countable and uncountable; plural zests)

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1. Enthusiasm.

   Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.

2. The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring.

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to zest (third-person singular simple present zests, present participle zesting, simple past and past participle zested)

1. (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit
2. To make more zesty

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• zestful
• zestfully
• zesty

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /zɛst/, SAMPA: /zEst/

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zest

1. zest (2)

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Declination for zest	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	zest	zesten
Possessive form	zests	zestens

zest c.

1. zest; the outer skin of a citrus fruit