zealoticaladjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zealotical mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zealotical. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zealotical?
| 1820 | 0.0007 |
| 1830 | 0.0005 |
| 1840 | 0.0005 |
| 1850 | 0.0005 |
| 1860 | 0.0002 |
| 1870 | 0.0003 |
| 1880 | 0.0001 |
| 1890 | 0.0002 |
| 1900 | 0.0002 |
| 1910 | 0.0001 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0001 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.00007 |
| 1980 | 0.00004 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00002 |
| 2010 | 0.00003 |
How is the adjective zealotical pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zealotical come from?
Earliest known use
mid 1600s
The earliest known use of the adjective zealotical is in the mid 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for zealotical is from 1630, in a letter by J. Mead.
zealotical is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: Greek ζηλωτικός, ‑al suffix1; zealot n., ‑ical suffix.
Nearby entries
- zeal-consuming, adj.1629–1882
- zealed, adj.1679–1903
- zealer, n.?a1450–1673
- zealful, adj.1602–
- zeal-inflamed, adj.1648–
- zealing, adj.1459–1602
- zealist, n.1614–
- zealless, adj.a1594–
- zealot, n. & adj.a1400–
- zealotic, adj.1657–
- zealotical, adj.1630–
- zealotism, n.1645–
- zealotist, n. & adj.1593–
- zealotry, n.1653–
- zealous, adj.?1495–
- zealously, adv.?1495–
- zealousness, n.c1555–
- zealousy, n.1542–
- zeal-pretending, adj.1652–69
- zeal-quenching, adj.1688–1877
- zeal-scoffing, adj.1605
Etymology
Summary
Notes
Meaning & use
- 1630–Resembling a zealot; characterized by (excessive) zeal; typical or characteristic of a zealot or zealots. Cf. zealotic adj. 1.
- 1630
One Leviston a zeloticall Scottishman.
J. Mead, Letter 27 November (BL MS Harl. 390) f. 522 - a1638
The zelotical Anti-chiliasts.
J. Mede, Paraphr. 2 Peter iii. in Works (1672) iii. 611 - 1694
Dr. Marshal Dean of Christ's-Church, a most furious and zelotical Man.
J. Strype, Memorials of Thomas Cranmer iii. xix. 373 - 1723
St. Stephen was not put to death by any Legal Process, but stoned in a Zelotical fury.
H. Lambe, Christian Zeal Display'd 7 - 1893
That Congress should have yielded to a species of zealotical bulldozing in this matter of Sunday opening is greatly to be regretted.
Boston Daily Globe 19 May 4/1 - 2004
By 1911, the old rift between the Radicals and the more hot-headed, zealotical military clique became more marked.
A. Shakoor, Origins Modern Europe xii. 365
the mind operation of the mind belief expressed belief, opinion extreme opinion, dogmatism fanaticism [adjectives]- fanatical?1550–= fanatic, adj. A.2.
- zealotical1630–Resembling a zealot; characterized by (excessive) zeal; typical or characteristic of a zealot or zealots. Cf. zealotic, adj. 1.
- zealot1641–That is a zealot; characteristic of a zealot or zealots.
- zealotic1657–Typical or characteristic of a zealot or zealots; characterized by (excessive) zeal.
- fanatic1659–Of persons, their actions, attributes, etc.: Characterized, influenced, or prompted by excessive and mistaken enthusiasm, esp. in religious matters.
- synagoguish1690–Showing excessive zeal for the synagogue, fanatical.
- unsaving1714(un-, prefix¹ affix 4.)
- swivel-eyed1758–Of a person: (originally) having eyes pointing in different directions; having eyes which are rotating wildly. Hence: having a crazed or…
- hobby-horsical1761–Belonging or devoted to a ‘hobby-horse’ or hobby, crotchety, whimsical.
- fanaticized1827–
- lunatic fringe1935–Chiefly disparaging or derogatory. Esp. of members of a political movement, or their beliefs: eccentric, extremist, fanatical.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
- 1600szeloticall
- 1600s–1700szelotical
- 1600s; 1800s; 2000s–zealotical
Frequency
zealotical typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zealotical is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zealotical, adj., 1820–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1820 | 0.0007 |
| 1830 | 0.0005 |
| 1840 | 0.0005 |
| 1850 | 0.0005 |
| 1860 | 0.0002 |
| 1870 | 0.0003 |
| 1880 | 0.0001 |
| 1890 | 0.0002 |
| 1900 | 0.0002 |
| 1910 | 0.0001 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0001 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.00007 |
| 1980 | 0.00004 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00002 |
| 2010 | 0.00003 |