Definitions
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“jealous lover”
“She gave him a jealous look.”
“Thou ſhalt not bow downe thy ſelfe to them, nor ſerue them: For I the Lord thy God am a iealous God, viſiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me:”
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01“Envious”7 letters
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