Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryHaving a piquant or pungent taste; spicy. · Zestful. · (of a man) Flamboyantly or effeminately gay. · Gay.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *skidtós Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós)slbor. French zestebor. English zest Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English zesty From zest + -y.
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