† zeal-quenchingadjective
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zeal-quenching. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1870s.
Earliest known use
late 1600s
The earliest known use of the adjective zeal-quenching is in the late 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for zeal-quenching is from 1688, in the writing of Alexander Shields, Presbyterian minister.
Nearby entries
- 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
- zeal-transported, adj.a1644–59
- zeal-worthy, adj.1797
- zea maize, n.1811–
- zearalanol, n.1966–
- zearalenone, n.1966–
- zeatin, n.1963–
- zeaxanthin, n.1929–
- Zebedist, n.1574
- zebra, n.1597–
1688–1877
That thwarts, suppresses, or puts an end to zeal; that extinguishes enthusiasm, passion, or fervour.
1688
Cast to a deep Zeal-quenching Lethergie.
A. Shields, Elegie J. Renwick sig. A2v
1727
The Christ-dethroning, Church-ruining,..Zeal-quenching Indulgence.
P. Walker, Some Remarkable Passages Semple, Welwood & Cameron 161
1877
Zeal-quenching griefs that oft the young heart break.
J. Tucker, Acrostics xxxviii. in Thermopylae 85
Originally published as part of the entry for zeal, n.
zeal, n. was revised in June 2018.
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