zelotyping, adj.

zelotyping
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Revised 2018

# † zelotypingadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zelotyping mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zelotyping. 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 zelotyping come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1600s

The only known use of the adjective zelotyping is in the mid 1600s.

OED's only evidence for zelotyping is from before 1660, in the writing of P. S.

zelotyping is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zelotypy n., ‑ing suffix2.

### Nearby entries

1. zeitgeisty, adj. 1966–
2. zek, n. 1968–
3. zelant, n. 1624–26
4. zelatrice, n. 1874–
5. zelatrix, n. 1865–
6. Zeldovich, n. 1956–
7. Zelig, n. 1984–
8. Zelig-like, adj. 1983–
9. zelkova, n. 1836–
10. zelotypia, n. 1566–
11. zelotyping, adj.a1660
12. zelotypist, n.?1632
13. zelotypy, n. 1623–1794
14. Zemblan, n. & adj. 1674–1805
15. Zemblian, n. & adj. 1674–1796
16. zemi, n. 1555–
17. zemiistic, adj. 1907–
18. zemirah, n. 1767–
19. zemni, n. 1775–
20. Zemsky Sobor, n. 1877–
21. zemstvo, n. 1865–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
< zelotypy n. + ‑ing suffix2.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete. rare.

1. a1660
   That causes or encourages jealousy.
   1. a1660

      > Castlhauen..apointinge there his temptinge and zelopytinge [sic] spirits, deserted the towne.

      P. S., Aphorismical Discov. v. vii, in J. T. Gilbert, Contemporary History Ireland (1880) vol. II. 159
   1. jealous c1385–
      Troubled by the belief, suspicion, or fear that the good which one desires to gain or keep for oneself… In respect of success or advantage…
   2. yellow c1405–1858
      Used allusively as the colour of jealousy, esp. in to wear yellow hose (also breeches, etc.): to be jealous. Hence (of a person): jealous…
   3. jealisom 1599
      Jealous; having jealousy.
   4. green-eyed 1600–
      figurative. In and after Shakespeare. Describing and alluding to jealousy. Cf. green, adj. A.I.3.
   5. indling a1614
      Jealous; = eyndling, adj.
   6. zelotyping a1660
      That causes or encourages jealousy.
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## Forms

### Variant forms

1. 1600s
   zelopytinge (transmission error)

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

zelotyping, adj. was revised in June 2018.

zelotyping, adj. was last modified in July 2023.