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
Example Sentences
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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
His mother, a green-eyed Creole woman raised in a country town just outside of Shreveport, La., moved the family to Compton.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023
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
The Wordsnatcher, the Trivium, and the long-nosed, green-eyed, curly-haired, wide-mouthed, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, round-bodied, short-armed, bowlegged, big-footed monster had already spread the alarm throughout the evil, unenlightened mountains.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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