Pronounced: JAH-luh-see, noun
Notes: This word looks like an alternate spelling of “jealousy”, but…
Yesterday’s word
The word prebuttal is “an argument in anticipation of a criticism; a preemptive rebuttal”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1990s
Background / Comments
I was close; I knew that a “rebuttal” is a refutation of what another has said. Thus, I thought the word meant an argument before the rebuttal. Our word actually is a combination of pre- (before) and rebuttal (to refute), which comes from the Old French word rebouter (to push back).
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