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 jalouse ye came roond in a wherry frae the toon, and it's droll I never saw ye land.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
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
"There's plenty of time for that, I jalouse," said Doom, smiling somewhat guiltily, and he showed his guest to a room in the turret.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
You have, I see, plenty of men-folk to escort you, and, as I jalouse, more to follow—but what you need is a well-born gentlewoman of comfortable means for a duenna!
From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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