The zest for decoration stopped in the eighteenth century, nor was it ever democratic.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
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Macmillan
— great enthusiasm or interest
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Collins
— Zest is a feeling of pleasure and enthusiasm.
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Usage
1 use of ‘zest’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster