zeal-transported, adj.

zeal-transported
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Revised 2018

# † zeal-transportedadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zeal-transported mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zeal-transported. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the mid 1600s.

### Where does the adjective zeal-transported come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1600s

The only known use of the adjective zeal-transported is in the mid 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for zeal-transported is from before 1644, in the writing of Francis Quarles, poet.

### Nearby entries

1. zealotism, n. 1645–
2. zealotist, n. & adj. 1593–
3. zealotry, n. 1653–
4. zealous, adj.?1495–
5. zealously, adv.?1495–
6. zealousness, n. c1555–
7. zealousy, n. 1542–
8. zeal-pretending, adj. 1652–69
9. zeal-quenching, adj. 1688–1877
10. zeal-scoffing, adj. 1605
11. zeal-transported, adj.a1644–59
12. zeal-worthy, adj. 1797
13. zea maize, n. 1811–
14. zearalanol, n. 1966–
15. zearalenone, n. 1966–
16. zeatin, n. 1963–
17. zeaxanthin, n. 1929–
18. Zebedist, n. 1574
19. zebra, n. 1597–
20. zebra caterpillar, n. 1841–
21. zebra crossing, n. 1934–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. a1644–59
   Enraptured by zeal; carried away with passionate enthusiasm or fervour.
   1. a1644

      > O but my zeal-transported soul, take heed.

      F. Quarles, Solomons Recantation (1645) Soliloquy v. 26
   2. 1659

      > Unto Mazara whose firm Love attends Her least Commands, incenst Florenza sends, Whose zeal transported Soul no sooner hears That welcome sound, but though presaging fears, Prompt him to stay.

      W. Chamberlayne, Pharonnida ii. 180
   1. mad a1350–
      Of a person: carried away by or filled with enthusiasm or desire; wildly excited; infatuated. With about, after, for, †of, on (chiefly British), over…
   2. zeal-consuming 1629–1882
      Burning with zeal; that is on fire with passionate enthusiasm or fervour; cf. consuming, adj. 2a.
   3. zeal-transported a1644–59
      Enraptured by zeal; carried away with passionate enthusiasm or fervour.
   4. crazy 1747–
      With about, for, or over. Carried away by or filled with enthusiasm or excitement about a person or thing; passionately excited. Frequently in cra…
   5. wild a1817–
      Of persons: Violently excited. Elated, enthusiastic, ‘raving’. Also †const. after.
   6. besmitten 1873–
      Affected by intense feelings of love or attraction for someone; infatuated, besotted, love-struck. Also (occasionally): obsessed with or very…
   7. schwärmerisch 1894–
      Extravagantly enthusiastic; infatuated.
   8. bugs 1908–
      With about, on, over, etc. Having or manifesting a passion for or obsession with someone or something; mad on, wildly excited about. Cf. bug, n.²…
   9. buggy 1913–
      colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). With about, on, over, etc. Having a passion for or obsession with; mad on, wildly excited about. Cf. bugs…
   10. born-again 1928–
       Of a person: having undergone a change in opinion, outlook, interest, etc., which is held or practised extremely enthusiastically or over-zealously.
   11. nutso 1971–
       Mad, crazy; (in weakened sense) eccentric, unconventional, wild; (also) extremely enthusiastic.
   12. swivel-eyed 1983–
       Of words, ideas, etc.: mad, crazy; extreme, fanatical.
   13. cray 2002–
       Crazy. Often reduplicated as cray cray.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zeal, n.

zeal, n. was revised in June 2018.