Definition of Jalousies

1. Noun. (plural of jalousie) ¹

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Definition of Jalousies

1. jalousie [n] - See also: jalousie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jalousies

jalapins
jalaps
jalfrezi
jalfrezis
jalop
jalopies
jaloppies
jaloppy
jalops
jalopy
jalouse
jaloused
jalouses
jalousie
jalousied
jalousies (current term)
jalousing
jalpaite
jam
jam-jars
jam-pack
jam-packed
jam-packing
jam-packs
jam-pawncked
jam rag
jam rags
jam sandwich
jam sandwiches
jam session

Literary usage of Jalousies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"The old Moorish seclusion of the sex has but lately been invaded, and latticed jalousies pulled down. CHAPTER VHI. Sudden Floods and their singular ..."

2. Oeuvres by Jean-Baptiste Massillon (1833)
"Les haines, les jalousies divisent les citoyens comme elles divisent les nations. Les animosités se perpétuent dans les familles, et les pères les ..."

3. Country Cottages and Week-end Homes by John Hudson Elder-Duncan (1906)
"The question of jalousies or shutters to the windows must be left to the ... jalousies are only occasionally needed in this country, and their use must be ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"The windows of the house were dark—the jalousies all shut ; there was that sort of stillness about the place that suggested the impossibility of any one ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"I beg you, sar," whispered the owner displaying his very molars in his deligh and excitement as he pointed towards the jalousies—" I beg you, ..."

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