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- noun Plural form of
jealousy .
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Our word jealousies contains all the vowels, though three of them only were necessary; nevertheless in the two words abstemiously and facetiously the vowels exist all of them in their usual order, and are pronounced in their most usual manner.
The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Faithful ministers are not apt to entertain jealousies of each other, nor suspect of such selfish designs.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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But these are improperly called jealousies, and by a metaphor, to show the care and solicitude they have of them.
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Every workplace or institution is full of politics and petty jealousies, that is human nature, but the sheer viciousness and bloodthirstyness of academia is astounding.
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Every workplace or institution is full of politics and petty jealousies, that is human nature, but the sheer viciousness and bloodthirstyness of academia is astounding.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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You also wrote: "Every workplace or institution is full of politics and petty jealousies, that is human nature, but the sheer viciousness and bloodthirstyness of academia is astounding."
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Our word jealousies contains all the vowels, though three of them only were necessary; nevertheless in the two words abstemiously and facetiously the vowels exist all of them in their usual order, and are pronounced in their most usual manner.
Note XV 1803
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You disclaim "jealousies"; but I would ask, as Boswell did of Johnson, "of whom could you be jealous?"
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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If you both wait, you can bring no regrets of past relationships and no jealousies or comparisons into the bedroom and no diseases.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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If you both wait, you can bring no regrets of past relationships and no jealousies or comparisons into the bedroom and no diseases.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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