jealousy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jealousy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for jealousy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jealousy n a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) [syn: jealousy, green-eyed monster] zealous vigilance; "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jealousy \Jeal"ousy\, n.; pl. {Jealousies}. [ F. jalousie. See {Jealous}, and cf. {Jalousie}.] The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. I was jealous for jealousy. --Zech. viii. 2. Jealousy* is the . . . apprehension of superiority. --Shenstone. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. --Rambler.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Jealousy suspicion of a wife's purity, one of the strongest passions (Num. 5:14; Prov. 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for another's honour or prosperity (Ps. 79:5; 1 Cor. 10:22; Zech. 1:14).