Both Uses of
zest
in
Crime and Punishment
- The light soon died away, but the look of suffering remained, and Zossimov, watching and studying his patient with all the zest of a young doctor beginning to practise, noticed in him no joy at the arrival of his mother and sister, but a sort of bitter, hidden determination to bear another hour or two of inevitable torture.†
Chpt 3.3 *
- "I should say, too," continued Zossimov with zest, "that your complete recovery depends solely on yourself.†
Chpt 3.3
Definition:
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(zest) enthusiastic enjoyment; or the outermost skin of an orange or lemon (for flavor)