zest /zest/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ]
1 . [uncountable] eager interest and enjoyment
zest for
She had a great zest for life.
2 . [singular, uncountable] the quality of being exciting and interesting:
The danger of being caught added a certain zest to the affair.
3 . [uncountable] the outer skin of an orange or ↑ lemon , used in cooking ⇨ peel , rind :
grated orange zest
—zestful adjective
—zestfully adverb