jalouse
See also: jalousé
English
Etymology
From Scots jalouse, from Old French jalouser. The sense "to be jealous of" came about as a misunderstanding by southern writers, from the similarity to jealousy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/
Verb
jalouse (third-person singular simple present jalouses, present participle jalousing, simple past and past participle jaloused)
- (Scotland, transitive) To suspect.
- (transitive) To be jealous of.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 18
- When my two sisters (these two bitches, O Commander of the Faithful!) saw me by the side of my young lover they jaloused me on his account and were wroth and plotted mischief against me.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 18
French
Scots
Etymology
From Old French jalouser (“to be jealous of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/
Verb
jalouse (third-person singular present jalouses, present participle jalousin, past jaloused, past participle jaloused)
- to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to have doubts or suspicions about, surmise
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