† zealousy Obs.
Forms: 6 zelousie, -ye, zelosie, -zie.
[f. zealous + -y3.]
1. Jealousy.
| 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. ii. 177 b, Whiche grudges;..the zelousie, and the eagre feersenes of Olympias did augmente. 1598 Queen Elizabeth Plutarch 126/25 Or Zelozie of wife, or Sons suspect, or dout of frind. |
2. Zealousness, zeal.
| 1597 Middleton Wisd. Solomon v. G 2 b, His armour zealousie, his breast-plate heauen. |