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jalousing

jalousing is the present participle and gerund of jalouse.

Meaning of jalouse

Verb

jalouse (third-person singular simple present jalouses, present participle jalousing, simple past and past participle jaloused)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To suspect.
    • Now the mention of the Skerburnfoot brought back to him only the thought of Ailie, and not of the witch wife, her mother. So he jaloused no ill, for at the best he was slow in the uptake.
      […]
      'Ford!' cried John, in scorn. 'There'll be nae ford for you the nicht unless it was the ford o' the river...1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. (archaic, transitive) To be jealous of.
    • 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.1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 18

Questions about jalousing

What is jalousing the present participle and gerund of?
Jalousing is the present participle and gerund of jalouse.

Words near jalousing in the dictionary

  1. jaloused
  2. jalouses
  3. jalousie
  4. jalousied
  5. jalousies
  6. jalousing
  7. Jalpaiguri
  8. Jalpaiguri division
  9. jalpaite
  10. Jalponga
  11. jalsa

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