zest
enthusiasm, enjoyment
TRANSLATION
zest = die Lust, der Reiz, die Würze a zest for life = die Lebensfreude lemon zest, orange zest = die Zitronenschale, die Orangenschale --- GOOGLE INDEX zest: approximately 33,500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Wall Street Renews Its ZEST for Online Game Provider Zynga
(E-Commerce Times)
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All of the vacation companies are run by strong, independent, entrepreneurial, outgoing women with interesting life stories, and a true ZEST for living fully.
(Fox News)
(E-Commerce Times)
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All of the vacation companies are run by strong, independent, entrepreneurial, outgoing women with interesting life stories, and a true ZEST for living fully.
(Fox News)
Did you
know?
zest
noun
- enthusiasm, eagerness, energy and interest
- the skin of an orange, lemon or lime, used to add flavour to food
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Zest derives from the French "zeste," a noun of unknown origin that refers to the skin of a citrus fruit - lemon, lime, orange - that is used to add flavour to food dishes. The zest derives from scraping (or grating as it is normally called) the skin into very fine pieces. The oils are what provide the very intense flavour.
It was only during the past decades that zest began to replace expressions like "grated lemon peel, grated orange peel" in many recipes. Apart from offering a more concise term, the word's French roots allow the British to make their recipes sound more fancy than they really are.
Here's a passage from a recipe for the classic British dish lamb with mint sauce: Combine the garlic, rosemary, lemon zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl. Add enough olive oil to create a paste, and evenly spread this over the cut surface of the lamb.
Voilá!
In addition to a citrus fruit skin, zest generally refers to a tart, spicy quality, either in cooking or in a figurative sense. However, the most common use of zest is in the sense of spirited enjoyment, similar to the Italian "gusto!" It is often used to describe someone's personality or the way they live (She had a real zest for life). Other forms of the word zest include:
- zestful, adjective (Their music is a zestful blend of jazz and gospel)
-zesty, adjective (I love Indian food because it's so zesty)
- zestfully, adverb (He lived zestfully his entire life)
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SYNONYMS
enthusiasm, vigour, fervour, gusto, passion, intensity, pep, spirit
taste, flavour, relish, zip, seasoning, tang, spice, snap
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"Her zest for the project motivated everyone on the team."
noun
- enthusiasm, eagerness, energy and interest
- the skin of an orange, lemon or lime, used to add flavour to food
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Zest derives from the French "zeste," a noun of unknown origin that refers to the skin of a citrus fruit - lemon, lime, orange - that is used to add flavour to food dishes. The zest derives from scraping (or grating as it is normally called) the skin into very fine pieces. The oils are what provide the very intense flavour.
It was only during the past decades that zest began to replace expressions like "grated lemon peel, grated orange peel" in many recipes. Apart from offering a more concise term, the word's French roots allow the British to make their recipes sound more fancy than they really are.
Here's a passage from a recipe for the classic British dish lamb with mint sauce: Combine the garlic, rosemary, lemon zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl. Add enough olive oil to create a paste, and evenly spread this over the cut surface of the lamb.
Voilá!
In addition to a citrus fruit skin, zest generally refers to a tart, spicy quality, either in cooking or in a figurative sense. However, the most common use of zest is in the sense of spirited enjoyment, similar to the Italian "gusto!" It is often used to describe someone's personality or the way they live (She had a real zest for life). Other forms of the word zest include:
- zestful, adjective (Their music is a zestful blend of jazz and gospel)
-zesty, adjective (I love Indian food because it's so zesty)
- zestfully, adverb (He lived zestfully his entire life)
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SYNONYMS
enthusiasm, vigour, fervour, gusto, passion, intensity, pep, spirit
taste, flavour, relish, zip, seasoning, tang, spice, snap
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Her zest for the project motivated everyone on the team."
