English
jealousy
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈdʒɛləsi/
Noun

jealousy

  1. (uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
  2. (countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
    • 1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance:
      Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.
  3. Envy towards another's possessions
    • 1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte:
      […] the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty […].
  4. (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:11.7?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter vij], in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
      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 ende
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  • French: jalousie
  • German: Mißgunst
  • Russian: за́висть
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