"zeal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ziːl/ [UK], /zil/ [US] Audio: en-us-zeal.ogg Forms: zeals [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to search”). Related to jealous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|zele}} Middle English zele, {{der|en|fro|zel}} Old French zel, {{der|en|LL.|zēlus}} Late Latin zēlus, {{der|en|grc|ζῆλος||zeal, jealousy}} Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*yeh₂-|t=to search}} Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to search”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} zeal (countable and uncountable, plural zeals)
  1. The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, intensity, passion
    Sense id: en-zeal-en-noun--YG8RCTG Disambiguation of Emotions: 52 40 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 8 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 60 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 59 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 61 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 51 36 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 64 12 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 48 39 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 67 9 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 65 12 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 49 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 12 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 65 15 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 71 9 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 54 34 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 68 8 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 68 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 67 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 67 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 67 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 50 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 67 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 50 28 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 51 37 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 86 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 55 24 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 67 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 64 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 48 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 25 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 53 25 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 66 11 24
  2. (obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: zealot
    Sense id: en-zeal-en-noun-J6ZT8byh Categories (other): Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 48 39 12
  3. The collective noun for a group of zebras. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Synonyms: dazzle, herd
    Sense id: en-zeal-en-noun-dLBvevv- Disambiguation of Collectives: 41 8 51 Categories (other): Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 48 39 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (fervour or devotion): cenë (Albanian), προθυμία (prothumía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), σπουδή (spoudḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ζῆλος (zêlos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), حَمَاس (ḥamās) [masculine] (Arabic), جُهْد (juhd) [masculine] (Arabic), جهد (guhd) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), նախանձախնդրություն (naxanjaxndrutʻyun) (Armenian), şövq (Azerbaijani), canfəşanlıq (Azerbaijani), запа́л (zapál) [masculine] (Belarusian), заўзя́тасць (zaŭzjátascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), усъ́рдие (usǎ́rdie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), стара́ние (staránie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), стреме́ж (streméž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), zel [masculine] (Catalan), ᎤᏚᎩᎬᏗ (udugigvdi) (Cherokee), 熱心 (Chinese Mandarin), 热心 (rèxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 熱情 (Chinese Mandarin), 热情 (rèqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 激情 (jīqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 熱忱 (Chinese Mandarin), 热忱 (rèchén) (Chinese Mandarin), diwysykter [masculine] (Cornish), horlivost [feminine] (Czech), ijver [masculine] (Dutch), geestdrift [masculine] (Dutch), fervoro (Esperanto), into (Finnish), intohimo (Finnish), kiihko (Finnish), zèle [masculine] (French), assiduité [feminine] (French), გულმოდგინება (gulmodgineba) (Georgian), სიბეჯითე (sibeǯite) (Georgian), თავგამოდება (tavgamodeba) (Georgian), Eifer [masculine] (German), Begeisterung [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (aljan) [neuter] (Gothic), ζήλος (zílos) [masculine] (Greek), buzgóság (Hungarian), buzgalom (Hungarian), lelkesedés (Hungarian), hév (Hungarian), hevület (Hungarian), zelo (Ido), zelo (Interlingua), díograis [feminine] (Irish), zelo [masculine] (Italian), 熱情 (netsujō) (alt: ねつじょう) (Japanese), 情熱 (jōnetsu) (alt: じょうねつ) (Japanese), 熱意 (netsui) (alt: ねつい) (Japanese), 意気込み (ikigomi) (alt: いきごみ) (Japanese), 気勢 (kisei) (alt: きせい) (Japanese), 열정 (yeoljeong) (alt: 熱情) (Korean), studium [neuter] (Latin), zēlus [masculine] (Latin), ardor [masculine] (Latin), fervor [masculine] (Latin), alacritās [feminine] (Latin), ревност (revnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), engasjement [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), iver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), غِیرَت (ğeyrat) (Persian), تَعَصُّب (ta'assob) (Persian), Iewa [masculine] (Plautdietsch), zapał [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), gorliwość [feminine] (Polish), zelo [masculine] (Portuguese), zel [neuter] (Romanian), ardoare [feminine] (Romanian), râvnă [feminine] (Romanian), sârguință [feminine] (Romanian), рве́ние (rvénije) [neuter] (Russian), усе́рдие (usérdije) [neuter] (Russian), стара́ние (staránije) [neuter] (Russian), запа́л (zapál) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), उत्साह (utsāha) [masculine] (Sanskrit), eud [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), horlivosť [feminine] (Slovak), ahínco [masculine] (Spanish), fervor [masculine] (Spanish), celo [masculine] (Spanish), entusiasmo [masculine] (Spanish), denuedo [masculine] (Spanish), iver (Swedish), nit [common-gender] (Swedish), nitälskan [common-gender] (Swedish), ғайрат (ġayrat) (Tajik), spelkke (Tocharian B), hırs (Turkish), şevk (Turkish), heves (Turkish), запопа́дливість (zapopádlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), за́пал (zápal) [masculine] (Ukrainian), завзя́ття (zavzjáttja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), завзя́тість (zavzjátistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), gʻayrat (Uzbek), sêl [feminine] (Welsh), selogrwydd [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "ref": "1642, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, London: Andrew Crooke, page 5",
          "text": "[…] there are questionlesse both in Greeke, Roman and Africa Churches, solemnities, and ceremonies, whereof the wiser zeales doe make a Christian use, and stand condemned by us;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion."
      ],
      "id": "en-zeal-en-noun-J6ZT8byh",
      "links": [
        [
          "exhibit",
          "exhibit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zealot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 39 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 8 51",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Collectives",
          "orig": "en:Collectives",
          "parents": [
            "Miscellaneous",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Alex Kuskowski, Zeal of Zebras: Animal Groups on an African Safari, page 8",
          "text": "A zeal of zebras confuses predators. Each zebra has a different set of stripes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The collective noun for a group of zebras."
      ],
      "id": "en-zeal-en-noun-dLBvevv-",
      "links": [
        [
          "collective noun",
          "collective noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "zebra",
          "zebra#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dazzle"
        },
        {
          "word": "herd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ziːl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zil/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-zeal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-zeal.ogg/En-us-zeal.ogg.mp3",
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    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "cenë"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥamās",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَمَاس"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "juhd",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جُهْد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "guhd",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جهد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxanjaxndrutʻyun",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "նախանձախնդրություն"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "şövq"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "canfəşanlıq"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapál",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запа́л"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zaŭzjátascʹ",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заўзя́тасць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usǎ́rdie",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усъ́рдие"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "staránie",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стара́ние"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "streméž",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стреме́ж"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "udugigvdi",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "ᎤᏚᎩᎬᏗ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱心"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèxīn",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "热心"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱情"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèqíng",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "热情"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīqíng",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "激情"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱忱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rèchén",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "热忱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diwysykter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "horlivost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ijver"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geestdrift"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "fervoro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "into"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "intohimo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "kiihko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zèle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assiduité"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gulmodgineba",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "გულმოდგინება"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sibeǯite",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "სიბეჯითე"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tavgamodeba",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "თავგამოდება"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Begeisterung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aljan",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zílos",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ζήλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prothumía",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "προθυμία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "spoudḗ",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σπουδή"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "zêlos",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ζῆλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "buzgóság"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "buzgalom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "lelkesedés"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "hév"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "hevület"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "zelo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "zelo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "díograis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zelo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "alt": "ねつじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "netsujō",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱情"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "alt": "じょうねつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōnetsu",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "情熱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "alt": "ねつい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "netsui",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱意"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "alt": "いきごみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ikigomi",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "意気込み"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "alt": "きせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kisei",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "気勢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "alt": "熱情",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeoljeong",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "열정"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "studium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zēlus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ardor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fervor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alacritās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "revnost",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ревност"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engasjement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iver"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğeyrat",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "غِیرَت"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ta'assob",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "تَعَصُّب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Iewa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zapał"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorliwość"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zelo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ardoare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "râvnă"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sârguință"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rvénije",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рве́ние"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usérdije",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усе́рдие"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "staránije",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стара́ние"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapál",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запа́л"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "utsāha",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उत्साह"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eud"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "horlivosť"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ahínco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fervor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "celo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entusiasmo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "denuedo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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          "text": "She extols the virtues of veganism with missionary zeal.",
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          "ref": "1779, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, part 12, pages 143–144",
          "text": "[…] the highest zeal in religion and the deepest hypocrisy, so far from being inconsistent, are often or commonly united in the same individual character.",
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          "ref": "1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709",
          "text": "It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty.",
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          "ref": "1962, Rachel Carson, chapter 15, in Silent Spring, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 248",
          "text": "The stockman’s zeal for eliminating the coyote has resulted in plagues of field mice, which the coyote formerly controlled.",
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          "text": "[…] like a malicious purblinde zeale as thou art!",
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          "ref": "1642, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, London: Andrew Crooke, page 5",
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      "word": "запа́л"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "заўзя́тасць"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "roman": "udugigvdi",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "ᎤᏚᎩᎬᏗ"
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱心"
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "热心"
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱情"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "rèqíng",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "热情"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "激情"
    },
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      "word": "熱忱"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "into"
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      "word": "intohimo"
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      "word": "kiihko"
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zèle"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "assiduité"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "გულმოდგინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "სიბეჯითე"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "tavgamodeba",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "თავგამოდება"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Eifer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Begeisterung"
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      "code": "got",
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      "roman": "aljan",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "hevület"
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "díograis"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
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      "alt": "じょうねつ",
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      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "情熱"
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      "alt": "ねつい",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "netsui",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "熱意"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いきごみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ikigomi",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "意気込み"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kisei",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "気勢"
    },
    {
      "alt": "熱情",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeoljeong",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "열정"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "studium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zēlus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ardor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fervor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alacritās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "revnost",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ревност"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engasjement"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğeyrat",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "غِیرَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ta'assob",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "تَعَصُّب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Iewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zapał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorliwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ardoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "râvnă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sârguință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rvénije",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рве́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usérdije",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усе́рдие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "staránije",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стара́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapál",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "utsāha",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उत्साह"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eud"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "horlivosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ahínco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fervor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "celo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entusiasmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "denuedo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "iver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nitälskan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ġayrat",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "ғайрат"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "spelkke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "hırs"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "şevk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "heves"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapopádlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "запопа́дливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zápal",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́пал"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zavzjáttja",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "завзя́ття"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zavzjátistʹ",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "завзя́тість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "word": "gʻayrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sêl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fervour or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "selogrwydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zeal"
}

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