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Zesty

Definition: Zesty

Zesty

Adjective

1. Having an agreeably pungent taste.

2. Marked by spirited enjoyment.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Zesty

DomainDefinition

Slang

Noun. Source: The name of a camper, "Zandy". Definition: This word mean't that something was fresh and unique. Context: This word was used to express how someone acted or how fresh something smelled. Social Source: Camp Ojai. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Zesty

Synonyms: piquant (adj), savory (adj), savoury (adj), spicy (adj), yeasty (adj), zestful (adj). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Zesty

DomainTitle

Books

  • 101 Great Lowfat Pasta Dishes: Fresh, Zesty & Healthful! (reference)

  • The Fruit Kitchen: A Celebration of Fresh and Zesty Recipes (reference)

  • The Spice of Life Cookbook: A World of Healthy & Zesty Chicken Recipes (reference)

  • Vegetarian Food for All: Zesty International Dishes from One of the World's Most Celebrated Natural Food Restaurants (reference)

  • Zesty Pizzas (Easy Cooking) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Zesty

"Zesty" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zesty" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Zesty

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

zesty

7

joke zesty

4

free lesbian zesty

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Zesty

Language Translations for "zesty"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

охотен (cheerful, ready, willing), пикантен (gamy, gingery, juicy, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, rich, salacious, salt, salty, savoury, spicy, tasty). (various references)

   

French

  

enthousiaste (zestful). (various references)

   

German

  

begeistert (ardent, avid, elated, enthusiastic, enthusiastically, glowingly, inspires, keen, rapturous, strong, thrilled, zestful). (various references)

   

Italian

  

entusiasmato (ardent, enthuses, enthusiastic). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estyzay

   

Spanish

  

entusiasmado (ablaze, ardent, eager, enthuses, enthusiastic). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Zesty

Misspellings

"Zesty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esty, Izvestya, jesty, vesty, Westy, zast, zeaty, zect, zeesy, zeft, zefty, zeist, zert, zesta, zeste, zesti, zestie, zesto, zestys, zet, zeti, zett, zewt, ziest, zist, zitty, zost, zs, Zusya. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Zesty

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-s-t-y-z"

-1 letter: stey, stye, tyes, zest.

-2 letters: set, sty, tye, yes, yet.

-3 letters: es, et, ye.

 Words containing the letters "e-s-t-y-z"
 

+2 letters: stylize, zygotes.

 

+3 letters: stylized, stylizer, stylizes.

 

+4 letters: autolyzes, catalyzes, stylizers, systemize, yahrzeits, zestfully, zoophytes, zygotenes.

 

+5 letters: catalyzers, crystalize, dialyzates, hypnotizes, martyrizes, mythicizes, photolyzes, rhythmizes, suzerainty, symmetrize, sympathize, syncretize, synthesize, systemized, systemizes, tyrannizes, zettabytes, zygosities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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