zestless
zestless adjective: lacking zest; passionless, unenthusiastic.
Adjective
zestless (comparative more zestless, superlative most zestless)
- Lacking zest; passionless, unenthusiastic.
- There are moments, indeed, in which I could be pleased to repay even a zestless joke with a smile, and, to feed the cheerfulness of a companion, rummage my own recollection for a mirthful incident; but, alas! ’tis not so now—My soul is too much absorbed in its own gloomy ruminations, to be drawn...1792, Robert Sadler, Wanley Penson, or The Melancholy Man, London: C. & G. Kearsley, Volume 3, p. 252
- […] So he passes
To second childhood; but, as quickening gases,
Being fled, leave zestless a once cheering draught,
We grow not merry though the Dotard laughed.1865, Charles Heavysege, Jephthah’s Daughter, Montreal: Dawson Brothers, IV, (unpaginated)
Forms of zestless
| comparative | more zestless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most zestless |
Origin of zestless
From zest + -less.
Words formed from zestless
Questions about zestless
- What does zestless mean?
- Zestless means lacking zest; passionless, unenthusiastic.
- What part of speech is zestless?
- Zestless is an adjective.
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