green-eyed monster

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green-eyed monster

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From green + eye + monster. Coined by William Shakespeare in his play Othello.

noun green-eyed monsters

colloquial, usually, with the Envy, jealousy, covetousness. [Iago:] Oh, beware my Lord, of iealouſie, / It is the greene-ey'd Monſter, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on.

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@misc{green_eyed_monster_2026,
  title = {green-eyed monster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/green-eyed%20monster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}