Definitions for zests

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zests zest

Spelling: [zest]

IPA: /zɛst/

Zests is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in zests (esstz).

Definitions for zests

noun

1. keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
2. an agreeable or piquant flavor imparted to something.
3. anything added to impart flavor, enhance one's appreciation, etc.
4. piquancy; interest; charm.
5. liveliness or energy; animating spirit.
6. the peel, especially the thin outer peel, of a citrus fruit used for flavoring:

verb (used with object)

1. to give zest, relish, or piquancy to.

Origin of zests

1665-75; French zest (now zeste) orange or lemon peel used for flavoring

Examples for zests

What trustier messenger could I find now that I have lent him zest by fright?

Gholson went with her; it was painful to see her zest for his society.

Whiter Teeth—Make a paste by crushing some basil leaves with the zest of an orange.

The danger did not have any effect on him, save to, if anything, add to the zest.

One day at a funeral, he meets Maude (Ruth Gordon), a 79-year-old with a zest for life.

Yet now, the time having come, the zest for the feat was gone.

And he went about it with a zest that knew no flagging, with a relish that nothing could impair.

At 45 he had lost his luster, his zest for work, life, and family.

By the end of her life, that energy, that zest, had drained away.

Prince Charles honors Mandela's 'zest for life,' Queen speaks of his 'peaceful legacy'.