There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zelotypist . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the mid 1600s.
Earliest known use
mid 1600s
The only known use of the noun zelotypist is in the mid 1600s.
OED's only evidence for zelotypist is from around 1632, in the writing of S. Jerome.
Nearby entries zek, n. 1968– zelant, n. 1624–26 zelatrice, n. 1874– zelatrix, n. 1865– Zeldovich, n. 1956– Zelig, n. 1984– Zelig-like, adj. 1983– zelkova, n. 1836– zelotypia, n. 1566– zelotyping, adj. a1660 zelotypist, n. ?1632 zelotypy, n. 1623–1794 Zemblan, n. & adj. 1674–1805 Zemblian, n. & adj. 1674–1796 zemi, n. 1555– zemiistic, adj. 1907– zemirah, n. 1767– zemni, n. 1775– Zemsky Sobor, n. 1877– zemstvo, n. 1865– zemstvoist, n. 1904– Formed within English, by derivation.
?1632
A person given to or characterized by excessive jealousy.
?1632
Iealous Husbands, strangely tyranizing over them, whom they suspected: of which there be innumerable examples..in all the hot Countries, where hotspurre Zelotipists have resided. S. Jerome , Arraignement of Whole Creature xvii. 302
▶ more ▼ less A person who zealously promotes or furthers a cause, belief, etc.; a zealous defender or supporter of something. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
A zealot (in either sense A.2 or sense A.3 of the noun). Cf. zealotism , n.
A person who is zealously, fervently or passionately devoted to a cause or belief, or to the pursuit of an objective or outcome. Frequently (and…
In extended use. A zealous person; a zealot. Obsolete .
A person given to or characterized by excessive jealousy.
Originally published as part of the entry for zelotypy, n.
zelotypist, n. was revised in June 2018.
zelotypist, n. was last modified in July 2023.
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