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
By God, Balcarres, if that be true, and I jalouse that ye are richt, Gordon will get his 209 assurance this very nicht.
From Graham of Claverhouse by Ian Maclaren
Ye were safer to bide whaur ye were; and hoo ye got oot o't 's mair than I can jalouse.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
"He has a bit land o' his ain, sir: she made a gude marriage, it's thought, but I whiles jalouse he's no very gude to her."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
"It micht be Edinburgh or Glesgie, but a' began tae jalouse England aifter hearin' her hannel Clockie, sae a' watchit fur a word tae try her tongue."
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Ian Maclaren
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