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English
Etymology
Scots #Scots|jalouse, from OF. jalouser.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʤ��lu�z/

Verb
en-verb|jalous|ing

1. Scottish To suspect.
2. context|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

French

Adjective
jalouse f

1. jealous

Scots
Etymology
From Old French jalouser �be jealous of�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʤ��lu:z/

Verb
sco-verb|jalouses|jalousin|jaloused

1. to guess, suspect, infer

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