Definition of zest for life
:a feeling of enjoyment and enthusiasm for life
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zest
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: a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
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: an enjoyably exciting quality : piquancy
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: keen enjoyment : relish, gusto
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: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
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: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings
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: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction
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: of or relating to animate being
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: lifelong
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: using a living model
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