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green-eyed monster

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Jealousy.

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  • noun colloquial Envy, jealousy, covetousness.

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  • noun a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the association of envy with the color green.]

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