zest

The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.

The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.

General vibrance of flavour.

I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.

He rolled his own cigarettes from a sack of Bull Durham, spilling flakes into his beer, which no doubt gained in zest thereby.

Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto. A state of being zesty.

Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.

1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire II in The Works of the Reverend Edward Young, London: P. Brown, H. Hill & S. Payne, 1765, Volume I, p. 85, Almighty vanity! to thee they owe Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.

The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.

The green zest of walnuts was used by the women to shine their teeth and it also gave a beautiful rust colour to their lips.

State of being a flamboyant or effeminate homosexual.

To scrape the zest from a fruit.

To make more zesty.

Strains ſo artleſs tho’ we proffer, Hearts o’er flowing zest the offer.