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green-eyed monster

noun

Etymology

From green + eye + monster. Coined by William Shakespeare in his play Othello.

  1. derived from mōnstrum
  2. derived from monstre
  3. inherited from monstre
  4. compounded as green-eyed monster — “green + eye + monster”

Definitions

  1. Envy, jealousy, covetousness.

    • [Iago:] Oh, beware my Lord, of iealouſie, / It is the greene-ey'd Monſter, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on.
    • She was not to be convinced, and so poor Mr. Graham, who was really exceedingly polite and affable to the ladies, was almost constantly provoking the green-eyed monster by his attentions to some one of the fair sex.
    • It was Harold. I decided to have him dark, with a very small black mustache, and passionate eyes. I felt, too, that he would be jealous. The eyes would be of the smoldering type, showing the green-eyed monster beneath.

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