Definition of Jealaus
Jeal"ous (?), a. [OE. jalous,
gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL. zelosus
zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr.
zh^los. See Zeal, and cf. Zealous.]
1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously
watchful.
I have been very jealous for the Lord God of
hosts. Kings xix. 10.
How nicely jealous is every one of us of his
own repute! Dr. H. More.
2. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously
watchful.
'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these,
Renders us jealous and disturbs our peace.
Waller.
The people are so jealous of the clergy's
ambition. Swift.
3. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant
of rivalry.
Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose
name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Ex. xxxiv.
14.
4. Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of
interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of
possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having
morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another;
painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or
lover.
If the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he
be jealous of his wife. Num. v. 14.
To both these sisters have I sworn my love:
Each jealous of the other, as the stung
Are of the adder. Shak.
It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and
obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will
never do if she find him jealous.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Suspicious; anxious; envious. Jealous,
Suspicious. Suspicious is the wider term. We
suspect a person when we distrust his honesty and imagine he
has some bad design. We are jealous when we suspect him of
aiming to deprive us of what we dearly prize. Iago began by awakening
the suspicions of Othello, and converted them at last into
jealousy. "Suspicion may be excited by some kind of
accusation, not supported by evidence sufficient for conviction, but
sufficient to trouble the repose of confidence." "Jealousy is
a painful apprehension of rivalship in cases that are peculiarly
interesting to us." Cogan.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which
can be lost only if not worth keeping.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Bitterly or enviously competitive.
- Suspecting rivalry.
- Fearful of being replaced, in position or in affection.
- Protective, guarding.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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