jalouse

/ (dʒəˈluːz) /

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verb

Scot to suspect; infer

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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Word Origin for jalouse

C19: from French jalouser to be jealous of

Words nearby jalouse

jalebi, jalee, Jalisco, jalopy, jalor, jalouse, jalousie, jam, jamaat, Jamaica, Jamaica ginger

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How to use jalouse in a sentence

An' noo I maun leave ye to mak' what ye can oot o' this, for I jalouse it'll pass ye to untaukle the whole hypothec.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Moors at El Aziz are not seafaring; and gin the morn they jalouse what we have done, we have the start of them.
A Modern Telemachus|Charlotte M. Yonge
That sinister old proverb, La jalouse se lve de bonne heure, rose in his memory.
The Happy Hypocrite|Max Beerbohm
It is beautiful, and she was jalouse when I say I love my lady of wax.
Lady Maude's Mania|George Manville Fenn

Nooadays, in oor hoose, ye wad never jalouse it was the Fair at a' if it wasna for the nae parridge in the mornin's.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro