JEALOUSER
Adjective
jealouser
comparative form of jealous
Source: Wiktionary
JEALOUS
Jeal"ous, a. Etym: [OE. jalous, gelus, OF. jalous, F. jaloux, LL.
zelosus zealous, fr. zelus emulation, zeal, jealousy, Gr. Zeal, and
cf. Zealous.]
1. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
I have been very jeolous for the Lord God of hosts. Kings xix. 10.
How nicely jealous is every one of us of his own repute! Dr. H. More.
2. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
'This doing wrong creates such doubts as these, Renders us jealous
and disturbs our peace. Waller.
The people are so jealous of the clergy's ambition. Swift.
3. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition