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Emulous

//ˈɛm.jʊ.ləs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Ambitious or competitive.

    "His armes and other moꝛe ſinewous than fleſhie, a ſtout and a valiant gentleman he was and emulous."

Adjective
  1. 1
    eager to surpass others wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English emulous, from Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.

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