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jalouse
jalouse
See also: jalousé
English
Verb
jalouse (third-person singular simple present jalouses, present participle jalousing, simple past and past participle jaloused)
- (Scotland) To suspect.
- (misused by southern writers) To be jealous of.
- 1885: when my two sisters (these two bitches, O Commander of the Faithful!) saw me by the side of my young lover they jaloused me on his account and were wroth and plotted mischief against me. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 18
Anagrams
French
Adjective
jalouse
- feminine singular of jaloux
Verb
jalouse
- first-person singular present indicative of jalouser
- third-person singular present indicative of jalouser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of jalouser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of jalouser
- second-person singular imperative of jalouser
Scots
Etymology
From Old French jalouser (“to be jealous of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/
Verb
jalouse (third-person singular present jalouses, present participle jalousin, past jaloused, past participle jaloused)
- to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to have doubts or suspicions about, surmise