zesthttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zest_int%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezest, int.
Revised 2018

† zestinterjection

Obsolete.
  1. 1705–22
    Used to accompany or represent quick action or movement.
    1. 1705
      Oons the old Woman—Zest.
      J. Vanbrugh, Confederacy iii. i. 32
    2. a1722
      The hangman takes a..cloath..which he thrustes doune the throat of him..then zest with violence pules furth the cloath al ful of blood.
      J. Lauder, Journals (1900) 70

zest, int. was revised in June 2018.

zest, int. was last modified in June 2025.