jealous (in old edd. often spelt “iealious,” a freq. 1617th cent. spelling, which does not, however, always denote 3 syll.; 1 survives extensively in mod. dial. use)
1.
suspicious,
careful or watchful
H5 IV. i. 305
“ of your
absence,”
Rom. II. ii. 181.
2.
suspicious,
apprehensive of evil Gent. III. i.
28, AYL. II. vii. 151, Shr. IV. v. 76,
Cæs. I. ii. 71
“be not on”
(=of) “me,”
Lr. V. i. 56
“ . . . as the
stung Are of the adder”
; with clause Oth. III. iv.
184,
Ven. 321
“ of
catching”
(fearing to be caught).
3.
doubtful, mistrustful
Tw.N. IV. iii. 27,
Cæs. I. ii. 161
“That you do love me, I
am nothing jealous.”
