zeal-consuming, adj.

zeal-consuming
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Revised 2018

# † zeal-consumingadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zeal-consuming mean?

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

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1880s.

### Where does the adjective zeal-consuming come from?

Earliest known use

early 1600s

The earliest known use of the adjective zeal-consuming is in the early 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for zeal-consuming is from 1629, in the writing of Alexander Leighton, religious controversialist.

### Nearby entries

1. zea, n. 1562–
2. zeagonite, n. 1823–
3. zeal, n. a1382–
4. zeal, v. 1542–1687
5. Zealander, n.¹ 1663–
6. Zealander, n.² 1773–
7. Zealandic, adj. 1807–
8. Zealandish, adj. 1684–
9. zealator, n. a1464–
10. zeal-blind, adj. 1615–1898
11. zeal-consuming, adj.1629–1882
12. zealed, adj. 1679–1903
13. zealer, n.?a1450–1673
14. zealful, adj. 1602–
15. zeal-inflamed, adj. 1648–
16. zealing, adj. 1459–1602
17. zealist, n. 1614–
18. zealless, adj. a1594–
19. zealot, n. & adj. a1400–
20. zealotic, adj. 1657–
21. zealotical, adj. 1630–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete rare.

1. 1629–1882
   Burning with zeal; that is on fire with passionate enthusiasm or fervour; cf. consuming adj. 2a.
   1. 1629

      > The fyrie zeal-consuming love of Gods howse.

      A. Leighton, Appeal to Parliament 202
   2. 1882

      > Nor..by apostles, confessors, zeal-consuming preachers has the iron-hearted world become melted.

      W. H. Jellie, Preacher's Comm. Jeremiah (vi. 29) 135/2
   1. mad a1350–
      Of a person: carried away by or filled with enthusiasm or desire; wildly excited; infatuated. With about, after, for, †of, on (chiefly British), over…
   2. zeal-consuming 1629–1882
      Burning with zeal; that is on fire with passionate enthusiasm or fervour; cf. consuming, adj. 2a.
   3. zeal-transported a1644–59
      Enraptured by zeal; carried away with passionate enthusiasm or fervour.
   4. crazy 1747–
      With about, for, or over. Carried away by or filled with enthusiasm or excitement about a person or thing; passionately excited. Frequently in cra…
   5. wild a1817–
      Of persons: Violently excited. Elated, enthusiastic, ‘raving’. Also †const. after.
   6. besmitten 1873–
      Affected by intense feelings of love or attraction for someone; infatuated, besotted, love-struck. Also (occasionally): obsessed with or very…
   7. schwärmerisch 1894–
      Extravagantly enthusiastic; infatuated.
   8. bugs 1908–
      With about, on, over, etc. Having or manifesting a passion for or obsession with someone or something; mad on, wildly excited about. Cf. bug, n.²…
   9. buggy 1913–
      colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). With about, on, over, etc. Having a passion for or obsession with; mad on, wildly excited about. Cf. bugs…
   10. born-again 1928–
       Of a person: having undergone a change in opinion, outlook, interest, etc., which is held or practised extremely enthusiastically or over-zealously.
   11. nutso 1971–
       Mad, crazy; (in weakened sense) eccentric, unconventional, wild; (also) extremely enthusiastic.
   12. swivel-eyed 1983–
       Of words, ideas, etc.: mad, crazy; extreme, fanatical.
   13. cray 2002–
       Crazy. Often reduplicated as cray cray.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zeal, n.

zeal, n. was revised in June 2018.