zeal-quenchinghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeal-quenching_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezeal-quenching, adj.
Revised 2018

† zeal-quenchingadjective

Obsolete.
  1. 1688–1877
    That thwarts, suppresses, or puts an end to zeal; that extinguishes enthusiasm, passion, or fervour.
    1. 1688
      Cast to a deep Zeal-quenching Lethergie.
      A. Shields, Elegie J. Renwick sig. A2v
    2. 1727
      The Christ-dethroning, Church-ruining,..Zeal-quenching Indulgence.
      P. Walker, Some Remarkable Passages Semple, Welwood & Cameron 161
    3. 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.