zeal-blindhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeal-blind_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezeal-blind, adj.
Revised 2018

† zeal-blindadjective

Obsolete.
  1. 1615–1898
    That has been deprived of discernment or mental perception as a result of (excessive) enthusiasm or zeal; (also) characterized by this.
    1. 1615
      The hooke and crooke of his zeale-blind Shepheard.
      T. Overbury et al., New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. I3
    2. 1764
      Then rais'd almost to wrath, condemns the crimes Of Cromwell's zeal-blind days, and Charles's giddy times.
      B. Martin, Miscellaneous Correspondence vol. IV. 901/2
    3. 1898
      Across the desert in the broiling sun a zeal-blind pénitente is dragging a cross.
      C. Warman, Story of Railroad viii. 91

Originally published as part of the entry for zeal, n.

zeal, n. was revised in June 2018.