green-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
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jealous or envious
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jealousy or envy
Etymology
Origin of green-eyed
First recorded in 1590–1600 in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (1596?), green being associated with envy
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Followers trust her to steward beloved images, and when I got up the courage to submit a picture, I sent a black-and-white studio portrait of my green-eyed grandmother Esperanza, a Mexican immigrant from Guadalajara, Jalisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
American business and Silicon Valley, in particular, are littered with classic beefs fueled by ambition, greed and green-eyed jealousy: the late Steve Jobs vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
"You are our flower, our baby and our green-eyed child."
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have added a green-eyed tabby from Pennsylvania to the White House family, the first feline tenant since President George W. Bush’s controversially named cat India.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
It rolled over in bed when he got home before sunrise: a green-eyed monster lying next to his young, inscrutable wife, but then Zizmo would blink and the monster would disappear.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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