jealousy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
    green-eyed monster.
  2. noun zealous vigilance
    • cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard

WordNet

Jeal"ous*y noun
Etymology
F. jalousie. See Jealous, and cf. Jalousie.
Wordforms
plural Jealousies
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913