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jealousies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jealousy \Jeal"ous*y\, n.; pl {Jealousies}. [ F. jalousie. See {Jealous}, and cf {Jalousie}.] The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. I was jealous for jealousy. --Zech. viii. 2. Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of superiority. --Shenstone. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. --Rambler.
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