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JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, See also:
LOW, SETH (1850- )
LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )
Low See also:
LAT
Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root seen in '&u', to See also:
BOIL
boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ") , originally a See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of zealous emulation, and hence, in the usual See also:

MODERN

modern sense, of resentment at being (or believing that one is or may be) supplanted or preferred in the love or See also:

AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of another, or in the enjoyment of some See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good regarded as properly one's own. Jealousy is really a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of envy, but implies a feeling of See also:

PERSONAL

personal claim which in envy or covetousness is wanting. The jealousy of See also:

God, as in Exod. xx. 5, " For I, the See also:

Lord thy God, am a jealous God," has been defined by See also:

PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE (1800-1882)

Pusey (See also:

Minor Prophets, 186o) as the attribute " whereby he does not endure the love of his creatures to be transferred from him." " Jealous," by See also:

ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology, is however, only another form of " zealous," and the identity is exemplified by such expressions as " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts " (x See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xix. 1o). A See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

glass, thick, ribbed and non-transparent, was formerly known as " jealous-glass," and this application is seen in the borrowed See also:

French word jalousie, a See also:

BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind or shutter, made of slats of See also:

wood, which slope in such a way as to admit See also:

air and a certain amount of See also:

LIGHT

light, while excluding See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain and See also:

sun and inspection from without.

End of Article: JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

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