jalouse
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of jalouse
C19: from French jalouser to be jealous of
Example Sentences
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“But it canna have been accident I could jalouse it had they worn their helms, but they were bonnetless. He must have known them.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
I daresay you can jalouse the rest, but I kept Lewis behind after the school skailed, and got a full confession out of him.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The Moors at El Aziz are not seafaring; and gin the morn they jalouse what we have done, we have the start of them.
From A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte Mary Yonge
‘Then,’ said I, ‘Patrick, I jalouse who it is; it’s MacKay of Scourie.’
From Graham of Claverhouse by Ian Maclaren
I jalouse, my Lord Monteagle, ye’re saying ae word for my Lord Northumberland and twa for yoursel’.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
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