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green-eyed

[green-ahyd] / ˈgrinˌaɪd /
ADJECTIVE
desirous
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The villain of the piece is Sutekh – a jackal headed green eyed alien, Set from Egyptian mythology.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2013

The attorney made the telling point, that "green eyed jealousy" was why this woman had perjured herself.

From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.

“Oh, we’ll attend to that, all right,” says I. “This havin’ a green eyed wife buttin’ in just at the interestin’ point is something fierce!”

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell

Within a niche in its centre sat a yellow leering idol, green eyed and complacent.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax

They view themselves as suffering unjustly under the lash, without friends, without protection of law or gospel, and the green eyed monster tyranny staring them in the face.

From Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself by Bibb, Henry




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