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adjective /FREL-uh s/ 1. Intolerant of a friend's other friends. 2. Disposed to suspect rivalry or disloyalty when a friend spends time with others in one's absence. 3. Hostile toward a perceived rival or one believed to be the recipient of a friend's attention (if only momentarily). 4. Solicitous, possessive, and vigilant in guarding a friend against all others. Origin: portmanteau word derived from friend + jealous; Middle English frend (friend), from Old English frēond (friend, lover, relative), cognate with Old Saxon friund, Old High German friunt, Gothic frijōnds, orig. present participle of frēogan, cognate with Gothic frijōn and Old English frēon (to love) and frēo (free) + Middle English jelous, gelos, from Anglo-French gelus, from Vulgar Latin zēlōsus, equivalent to Late Latin zēl (zeal) + ōsus (-ose).
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