Chapter Zabarell to Zeluco of Z by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Zabarell to Zeluco

Zabarell, a learned Italian commentator on works connected with the Aristotelian system of philosophy (1533–1589).

And still I held converse with Zabarell …
Stufft noting-books; and still my spaniel slept.
At length he waked and yawned; and by yon sky,
For aught I know, he knew as much as I.
   —Marston (died 1634).

Zabidius, the name in Martial for which “Dr. Fell” was substituted by Tom Brown, when set by the dean of Christ Church to translate the lines—

Non amo te, Zabidi, nec possum dicere quare;
Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te.
I love thee not, Zabidius—
Yet cannot tell thee why;
But this I may most truly say,
I love thee not, not I.
   —E. C. B.

Imitated thus—

I do not like thee, Dr. Fell—
The reason why, I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Dr. Fell.
   —Tom Brown (author of Dialogues of the Dead).

Zabir (Al). So the Mohammedans call mount Sinai.

When Moses came at our appointed time, and his Lord spake unto him, he said, “O Lord, show me Thy glory, that I may behold Thee;” and God answered, “Thou shalt in no wise behold Me: but look towards this mountain [Al Zabir], and if it stand firm in its place, then shalt thou see me.” But when the Lord appeared with glory, the mount was reduced to dust.—Al Korân, vii.

Zabulon, a Jew, the servant of Hippolyta a rich lady wantonly in love with Arnoldo. Arnoldo is contracted to the chaste Zenocia, who, in turn, is basely pursued by the governor count Clodio.—John Fletcher: The Custom of the Country (1647).

Zabulus, same as Diabolus.

Gay sport have we had to-night with Zabulus.
   —Lord Lytton · Harold, viii. (1850).

Zaccocia, king of Mozambique, who received Vasco da Gama and his crew with great hospitality, believing them to be Mohammedans, but when he ascertained that they were Christians, he tried to destroy them.—Camoëns: Lusiad, i., ii. (1569).

Zacharia, one of the three anabaptists who induced John of Leyden to join the revolt of Westphalia and Holland. On the arrival of the emperor, they betrayed their dupe, but perished with him in the flames of the burning palace.—Meyerbeer: Le Prophète (1849).

Zadig, the hero and title of a novel by Voltaire. Zadig is a wealthy young Babylonian, and the object of the novel is to show that the events of life are beyond human control.

Method of Zadig, drawing inferences from close observation. A man who had lost his camel asked Zadig if he had seen it. Zadig replied, “You mean a camel with one eye, and defective teeth, I suppose? No, I have not seen it, but it has strayed towards the west.” Being asked how he knew these things if he had not seen the beast, “Well enough,” he replied. I knew it had but one eye, because it cropped the grass only on one side of the road. I knew it had lost some of its teeth, because the grass was not bitten clean off. I knew it had strayed westward, by its footprints.”

Zadkiel , angel of the planet Jupiter—Jewish Mythology.

Zadkiel, the pseudonym of lieutenant Richard James Morrison, author of the Prophetic Almanac, etc.