Definition of "zele" []

• A genus of hymenopterous parasites, of the family Braconidæ, distinguished from Macrocentrus principally by having the abdomen inserted between the posterior coxæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Quum de zele culparetur, purgandi se causa permisisse fertur ut ea qui vellet uteretur; quod ejus factum in sectam turpissimam versum est, qua placet usus indifferens foeminamm."
• "A condition to achieve more involvement of our citizens is to show selbstbeschraenkung as the Germans say, to avoid trop de zele, or show restraint in the ambition to rule from the centre."
• "“Pas trop de zele, my dear Simion Petrovitch,” the governor remarked with a smile."