jealous
/ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ adjective, verb
Forms jealouser jealousest jealouses jealousing jealoused iealous
- adjective Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. “jealous lover”
- adjective Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
- adjective Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. “be jealous of someone/something”
- adjective Suspicious; apprehensive.
- verb (ambitransitive, slang) To harass or attack (somebody) out of jealousy.
- verb (transitive, Australian Aboriginal) To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people.
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Etymology
First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
- adjective Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
Etymology [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. Zeal, and cf. Zealous.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “jealous”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details