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)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To suspect.
  2. (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.

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French

Adjective

jalouse

  1. feminine singular of jaloux

Verb

jalouse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of jalouser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of jalouser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of jalouser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of jalouser
  5. second-person singular imperative of jalouser

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)

  1. to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to have doubts or suspicions about, surmise
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