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Envious
//ˈɛnviːəs// adj
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Adjective
- 1 Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
"an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues"
- 2 Excessively careful; cautious.
"for no man was ever so amorous, as to love a toad; none so envious, as to repine at the condition of the miserable"
- 3 Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. obsolete
"Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch."
- 4 Inspiring envy. obsolete, poetic
"He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victors glory from him snatcht away."
Adjective
- 1 showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.
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