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jealousy

Roget category 920

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
6.3. Sympathetic affections
›› 6.3.4. Retrospective sympathetic affections

#920. Jealousy

noun

jealousy, jealousnessjaundiced eyeenvious suspicion, suspiciongreen-eyed monster" [Othello]; yellowsJuno.

verb

be jealous etc. adj. — view with jealousy, view with a jealous eye.

adjective

jealous, jealous as a barbary pigeonjaundiced, yellow-eyed, envious, hornmad.

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