enviable

Meaning

Arousing or likely to arouse envy.

Opposite of
unenviable
Frequency

43k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛnvi.əbl̩/
Etymology

Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enviable From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).

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