Thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God.
Ex. xxxiv. 14.
4. Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection;
apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity
of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or
preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness
of husband, wife, or lover.
If the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his
wife.
Num. v. 14.
To both these sisters have I sworn my love: Each jealous of the
other, as the stung Are of the adder.
Shak.
It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the
wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do if she
find him jealous.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Suspicious; anxious; envious. Jealous, Suspicious. Suspicious
is the wider term. We suspect a person when we distrust his honesty and
imagine he has some bad design. We are jealous when we suspect him of
aiming to deprive us of what we dearly prize. Iago began by awakening
the suspicions of Othello, and converted them at last into jealousy.
"Suspicion may be excited by some kind of accusation, not supported by
evidence sufficient for conviction, but sufficient to trouble the
repose of confidence." "Jealousy is a painful apprehension of rivalship
in cases that are peculiarly interesting to us." Cogan.
Jeal"ous*hood (?), n. Jealousy. [Obs.] Shak.
Jeal"ous*ly, adv. In a jealous manner.
Jeal"ous*ness, n. State or quality of being jealous.
Jeal"ous*y (?), 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.