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The word stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), in turn from the Greek word ζῆλος (zēlos), sometimes "jealousy", but more often in a positive sense "emulation, ardour, zeal" [14] [15] (with a root connoting "to boil, ferment"; or "yeast").
It originated in 18th century France from the Italian word geloso, which means "jealous" or "screen", as in to screen something from view. [2] [3] Because of their slatted louvres, jalousie windows protect the interior of the house from jealous, peering eyes (when not made of a transparent material like glass). [4]
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [35] louche
[16] [17] French writer Pierre Klossowski maintained that the appeal of sadism is morose delectation. [18] [19] "Gloating" is an English word of similar meaning, where "gloat" means "to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight" (e.g., to gloat over an enemy's misfortune). [20]
The song was written and recorded in late 1967 for Gainsbourg's then-girlfriend, Brigitte Bardot.After a disappointing date with Bardot, she "phoned and demanded as a penance" the following day [2] [3] that he write, for her, "the most beautiful love song he could imagine"; that night, he wrote "Je t'aime" and "Bonnie and Clyde". [4]
The French title: "la jalousie" is a play on words that can be translated as "jealousy", but also as "the jalousie window". La Jalousie is an example of the nouveau roman genre, for which Robbe-Grillet later explicitly advocated in his 1963 Pour un nouveau roman (For a New Novel). [2]
The term "love triangle" generally connotes an arrangement unsuitable to one or more of the people involved. One person typically ends up feeling betrayed at some point (e.g., "Person A is jealous of Person C who is having a relationship with Person B who, in Person A's eyes, is "their person."). [12]
Jealous frenemy: Jealousy can turn friends into frenemies. A person may become jealous of their friends because of their raise, success, beauty, personality, humor, or social status. Passive-aggressive frenemy: They make mean remarks and give backhand compliments but never directly to the other's face. They can leave a person feeling confused ...