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green-eyed

[ green-ahyd ]

adjective

, Informal.


green-eyed

adjective

  1. jealous or envious
  2. the green-eyed monster
    jealousy or envy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of green-eyed1

First recorded in 1590–1600 in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (1596?), green being associated with envy
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Example Sentences

One green-eyed man, nicknamed “Cai the Roman,” became an instant celebrity due to his decidedly Roman physical characteristics.

He was the most beautifully, stunningly tanned, muscular, blonde, green-eyed guy.

Othello was warned to stay away from the ‘green-eyed monster.’

Other men have not been shy about their fascination with green-eyed women.

Yes, those with green-eyed monsters in their souls can be black academics.

To all appearances, the green-eyed lady was not at home—not unless those catlike eyes of hers were capable of seeing in the dark.

It is the green-eyed monster which never did and never will improve each shining hour, but quite the reverse.

She had not yet come to a point where she could repose faith in the odd, green-eyed girl of whom Marjorie had grown so fond.

Beware of jealousy; "it is the green-eyed monster, which doth make the meat it feeds on."

No, nor even with the green-eyed monster Jealousy her unscrupulous effrontery had not hesitated to impute.

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