Monday, March 16, 2009

Word of The Day


Zealous

Function: adjective

Comparative and superlative forms: more zealous; most zealous

Meaning:

- feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person, cause, etc. filled with zeal

e.g zealous fans - She was one of the president’s most zealous (ardent supporters. The detective was zealous in his pursuit of the kidnappers.

Derived forms:

Zealously
- adverb
e.g. He zealously pursued the kidnappers.

Zealousness - noun (noncount)

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