Jealousy /(?)/

Jeal·ous·y

Jealousy

n.

pl. Jealousies

  1. The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases directly 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.