Category:Zealous

Zeal"ous, a. Etym: [ll. zelosus. See zeal.]

1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, In behalf of an object. He may be zealous in the salvation of souls. Law.

2. Filled with religious zeal. [obs.] Shak. -- zeal"ous*ly, adv. -- zeal"ous*ness, n.