zest

  • 11zest — [zest] n. [Fr zeste, partition membrane in a nut, hence piece of orange or orange peel used to give piquancy] 1. a usually thin piece of orange peel or lemon peel used as flavoring 2. something that gives flavor, relish, or piquancy 3.… …

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  • 12zest|y — «ZEHS tee», adjective. having much zest; full of zest: »Guests can shell their own [crustaceans] and dip them into a zesty mayonnaise (New Yorker) …

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  • 13Zest — est, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Zested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Zesting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a relish or flavor to;… …

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  • 14zest — ZEST, zesturi, s.n. Coajă de citrice (de lămâie, limetă, portocală) utilizată, sub formă de bucăţi mici sau de spirale, la prepararea cocteilurilor. – Din fr. zeste, engl. zest. Trimis de gal, 19.05.2008. Sursa: DGE …

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  • 15zest — [n1] taste, flavor bite, body, charm, flavoring, ginger, guts*, interest, kick*, nip, piquancy, punch*, pungency, relish, salt, savor, seasoning, smack*, snap*, spice, tang, zap*, zip*; concept 614 Ant. blandness, dullness zest [n2] energy, gusto …

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  • 16zest — index enjoyment (pleasure), life (vitality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17žêst — ž 〈G i, I i/žêšću〉 ekspr., {{c=1}}v. {{ref}}žestina{{/ref}} …

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  • 18zest — (n.) 1670s, from Fr. zeste piece of orange or lemon peel used as a flavoring, of unknown origin. Sense of thing that adds flavor is 1709; that of keen enjoyment first attested 1791 …

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  • 19zest — n. excitement, craving, desire, longing; spice, seasoning, flavoring; outer colored part of the peel of a citrus fruit …

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  • 20žest — žȇst ž <G i, I i/žȇšću> DEFINICIJA ekspr. žestina, v. ONOMASTIKA pr. (nadimačka): Žéstić (Pakrac, Virovitica), Žèstokī (Petrinja, Sisak) ETIMOLOGIJA prasl. *žestokъ, žestъ: tvrd (stsl. žestъ, rus. žēstkij) …

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