zelotypy, n.

zelotypy
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# † zelotypynoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zelotypy mean?

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

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1700s.

### Where does the noun zelotypy come from?

Earliest known use

early 1600s

The earliest known use of the noun zelotypy is in the early 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for zelotypy is from 1623, in the writing of Henry Cockeram, lexicographer.

zelotypy is a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: Latin zēlotypia.

### Nearby entries

1. zelant, n. 1624–26
2. zelatrice, n. 1874–
3. zelatrix, n. 1865–
4. Zeldovich, n. 1956–
5. Zelig, n. 1984–
6. Zelig-like, adj. 1983–
7. zelkova, n. 1836–
8. zelotypia, n. 1566–
9. zelotyping, adj. a1660
10. zelotypist, n.?1632
11. zelotypy, n.1623–1794
12. Zemblan, n. & adj. 1674–1805
13. Zemblian, n. & adj. 1674–1796
14. zemi, n. 1555–
15. zemiistic, adj. 1907–
16. zemirah, n. 1767–
17. zemni, n. 1775–
18. Zemsky Sobor, n. 1877–
19. zemstvo, n. 1865–
20. zemstvoist, n. 1904–
21. Zen, n. & adj. 1727–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Latin.
Etymon: Latin zēlotypia.
< classical Latin zēlotypia zelotypia n.; compare ‑y suffix3.

Compare earlier zelotypia n.…
< classical Latin zēlotypia zelotypia n.; compare ‑y suffix3.

Compare earlier zelotypia n.

### Notes

Compare Middle French zelotipie, French zélotypie jealousy (1530 in Palsgrave in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently 1611 in Cotgrave and 1660 in Oudin as zelotopie, perhaps with alteration after e.g. utopie utopia n.; now in the specific sense ‘pathological jealousy’ (1801)).
In form zealotypy after zeal n.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1623–1794
   Jealousy. Cf. zelotypia n.
   1. 1623

      > Zelotypie, iealousie.

      H. Cockeram, English Dictionarie
   2. 1667

      > Notwithstanding this Law of Zelotypy, there was great Reason that divorces should be allowed in case of Adultery.

      A. Smalwood, Reply Pamphlet Oaths 198
   3. 1794

      > The translator has thought good to adopt the term jealousy rather than zealotypy [to translate Latin zelotypia],..because the former is more familiar to an English ear.

      J. Clowes in translation of E. Swedenborg, Delights of Wisdom conc. Conjugial Love Notes 505
   1. jealousness c1380–
      The quality of being jealous; jealousy; suspicion.
   2. jealouste a1382–82
      Jealousy; zeal.
   3. heart-burning c1425–
      An angry and embittered state of mind, felt but not openly expressed; rankling jealousy, resentment, or discontent.
   4. jealousy c1425–
      The state of mind arising from the suspicion, apprehension, or knowledge of rivalry. In respect of success or advantage: Fear of losing some good…
   5. zealousy 1542–1656
      Jealousy; mistrust. Obsolete.
   6. zelotypia 1566–
      Jealousy; esp. obsessive or excessive jealousy, sometimes characterized as an illness.
   7. heartburn 1579–
      Originally: jealousy, resentment; rankling discontent; disappointment. Subsequently: worry, anxiety; concern, misgivings. Also (occasionally): an…
   8. yellowness a1586–1621
      Jealousy; envy. Cf. yellow, adj. A.3a. Obsolete.
   9. yellows 1601–83
      Jealousy; envy. Cf. yellow, adj. A.3a. Obsolete.
   10. green-eyed monster a1616–
       figurative. In and after Shakespeare. (Usually with the) jealousy.
   11. zelotypy 1623–1794
       Jealousy. Cf. zelotypia, n.
   12. green eye a1845–
       The eye of jealousy (cf. green-eyed, adj.).
   13. jealous-hood 1846–
       So printed in the 4th Folio of Shakespeare (1685), and taken by some as a single word, with the sense ‘jealousy’.
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## Forms

### Variant forms

1. 1600s
   zelotypie, zelotypy
2. 1700s
   zealotypy

## Compounds & derived words

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1. zelotypist, n. ?1632
   A person given to or characterized by excessive…

1. zelotyping, adj. a1660
   That causes or encourages jealousy.

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

zelotypy, n. was revised in June 2018.

zelotypy, n. was last modified in September 2024.