jealousy
noun/ˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.si/
Etymology From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie, equivalent to jealous + -y. Doublet of jalousie. Related also to zeal, zealous. Displaced native Old English æfest and Old English nīþ.
1
A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
- Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance:
- […]the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty[…].1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, R. W. Phipps, transl., Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte:
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- He knew what it was like to feel jealousy over the possessions of others... he'd never thought he could make someone feel the same. He didn't want to make someone feel the same. [...] "I want one for myself." Quentin's smile faded.2010 September 10, Scott Sigler, THE STARTER: Space Opera Adventure, Empty Set Entertainment, →ISBN:
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Archaic A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
- For euer I supoosed that he had ben to yonge and to tendyr to take vpon hym these aduentures / And therfore by my wille I wold haue dryuen hym aweye for Ialousy that I had of his lyf / for it maye be no yong knyghtes dede that shal enchyeue this aduenture to the ende1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
- Synonyms
- jealousness
- Antonyms
- compersion
- Derived terms
- interjealousy