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gealousy

gealousy is the obsolete form of jealousy.

Meaning of jealousy

Noun

jealousy (countable and uncountable, plural jealousies)

  1. A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
    • a man of many jealousies
    1. (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
      • For euer I supoosed that he had ben to yonge and to tendyr to take vpon hym these aduentures / And therfore by my wille I wold haue dryuen hym aweye for Ialousy that I had of his lyf / for it maye be no yong knyghtes dede that shal enchyeue this aduenture to the ende1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII

Forms of gealousy

pluralgealousies

Questions about gealousy

What is gealousy the obsolete form of?
Gealousy is the obsolete form of jealousy.

Words near gealousy in the dictionary

  1. geal
  2. gealed
  3. gealing
  4. gealous
  5. gealousies
  6. gealousy
  7. geals
  8. Geamărtălui
  9. gean
  10. geans
  11. geanticlinal

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