7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
adjective suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
originFirst attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.
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