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jalouse

/d͡ʒəˈluːz/

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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.

verb jalouses · jalousing · jaloused

Scotland, transitive To suspect. Now the mention of the Skerburnfoot brought back to him only the thought of Ailie, and not of the witch wife, her mother. So he jaloused no ill, for at the best he was slow in the uptake. […] 'Ford!' cried John, in scorn. 'There'll be nae ford for you the nicht unless it was the ford o' the river Jo
archaic, transitive To be jealous of. 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.

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@misc{jalouse_2026,
  title = {jalouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jalouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}