jalouse

See also: jalousé

English

Etymology

From Scots jalouse, from Old French jalouser. The sense "to be jealous of" came about as a misunderstanding by southern writers, from the similarity to jealousy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/
Rhymes: -uːz

Verb

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

(Scotland, transitive) To suspect.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
  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 Jordan. The burns are up and bigger than man ever saw them. It'll be a Beltane's E'en that a' folk will remember. They tell me that Gled valley is like a loch, and that there's an awesome heap o' folk drouned in the hills. Gin ye were ower the Mire, what about crossin' the Caulds and the Sker?' says he, for he jaloused he was going to Gledsmuir.
(transitive, archaic) To be jealous of.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 18:
  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.

Anagrams

jealous

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒa.luz/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

jalouse

feminine singular of jaloux

Verb

jalouse

inflection of jalouser:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Scots

Etymology

From Old French jalouser (“to be jealous of”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/

Verb

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

to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to have doubts or suspicions about, surmise