envious
Senso (Inglese)
- Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
- Excessively careful; cautious.
- (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
- (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.
sinonimi
easily angered
covetous grudging
not enduring
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɛnviːəs/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
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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