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

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.

Anagrams

• jealous

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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

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Scots

Etymology

From Old French jalouser (“to be jealous of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/

Verb

jalouse (third-person singular simple present jalouses, present participle jalousin, simple past jaloused, past participle jaloused)

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