单词 | zelotypia |
释义 | zelotypian. rare after 17th cent. Now historical. Jealousy; esp. obsessive or excessive jealousy, sometimes characterized as an illness.In quots. 1566 and 1852 personified. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [noun] > jealousy jealousnessc1380 jealoustea1382 heart-burningc1425 jealousyc1425 zealousy1542 zelotypia1566 heartburn1579 yellownessa1586 yellows1601 green-eyed monstera1616 zelotypy1623 green eyea1845 jealous-hood1846 1566 N. Boorman tr. A. van Baarland in tr. H. Schottennius Gouernement all Estates sig. O.v Therfore by thys fygure Zelotypia, the frutes of concorde being taken away by other wickednesse, although they possessed ye ryches of Croesus, they were ye most miserable of all other creatures. 1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde vi. 48 Euerie diuersitie or chaunge wee finde in passions,..as, Mercie, Shamefastnesse,..Zelotypia, Exanimation. 1663 W. Denton Let. 26 Mar. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Restoration to Revol. (1899) ii. 41 Zelotipia is gott into her pericranium, & I do not know what will gett it out. 1852 Democrat's Rev. May 469 How much real beauty of character is hidden in Zelotypia by that over-weening self-love which puts her continually in dread of losing those she loves. 1949 Mod. Philol. 47 122/1 There is also the element of jealousy, with its own very special atmosphere. It is sharply distinguished..from the traditional zelotypia of husband and wife, which is morally reprehensible, and may be separated by us from the zelotypia of the medical men. 2007 New Yorker 11 June 135/2 ‘Mad’ Mary Verney, whose husband's philandering drove her to zelotypia, or morbid jealousy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566 |
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