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   jalousie

   /ˈʒalʊziː/

   noun

   • 1. a blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats: "he peeped between the half-open jalousies"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: French, literally ‘jealousy’, from Italian geloso ‘jealous’, also (by extension) ‘screen’, associated with the screening of women from view in the Middle East.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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