Zeal"ous (?; 277), a. [LL.
zelosus. See Zeal.]
1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal;
warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.
He may be zealous in the salvation of
souls.
Law.
2. Filled with religious zeal. [Obs.]
Shak.
-- Zeal"ous*ly, adv. --
Zeal"ous*ness, n.