† zeal-pretendingadjective
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zeal-pretending. 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 adjective zeal-pretending is in the mid 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for zeal-pretending is from 1652, in the writing of E. Sparke.
Nearby entries
- zealot, n. & adj.a1400–
- zealotic, adj.1657–
- zealotical, adj.1630–
- zealotism, n.1645–
- zealotist, n. & adj.1593–
- zealotry, n.1653–
- zealous, adj.?1495–
- zealously, adv.?1495–
- zealousness, n.c1555–
- zealousy, n.1542–
- zeal-pretending, adj.1652–69
- zeal-quenching, adj.1688–1877
- zeal-scoffing, adj.1605
- zeal-transported, adj.a1644–59
- zeal-worthy, adj.1797
- zea maize, n.1811–
- zearalanol, n.1966–
- zearalenone, n.1966–
- zeatin, n.1963–
- zeaxanthin, n.1929–
- Zebedist, n.1574
1652–69
That pretends or professes to be zealous; characterized by this.
1652
Sweet unto all, pure at the Heart, Without the Zeale pretending Art: Covering the Good Graine she did sow, That so it might the better grow.
E. Sparke, Scintillula Altaris sig. C3v
1658
A zeale-pretending halting Laodicean.
R. Brathwait, Age of Apes in Honest Ghost 254
a1669
Zeal-pretending-gravity.
H. Foulis, History of Romish Treasons (1671) iii. ii. 150
Originally published as part of the entry for zeal, n.
zeal, n. was revised in June 2018.
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