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jalousie

[ jal-uh-seeor, especially British, zhal-oo-zee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
a window made of glass slats or louvers of a similar nature.

jalousie

/ ˈʒælʊˌziː /

1585–95; < French < Italian gelosia jealousy; so called because such blinds afford a view while hiding the viewer

C19: from Old French gelosie latticework screen, literally: jealousy , perhaps because one can look through the screen without being seen

The bough was stuck between two of the bars of the jalousie, and the girl withdrew to the end of the balcony.

Euphrosyne cast a smile down to the nun, and placed herself against the jalousie, holding the branch upon her head.

Then again fell silence, with once more the same result, that of a breaking jalousie at an upstairs window.

Il pensait sans aucun sentiment de jalousie au bonheur de son grand ami.

Her fair face was once more hidden, behind the rude jalousie of the logs; but the smile remained.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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