envious

Significado (Inglês)

  1. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
  2. Excessively careful; cautious.
  3. (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
  4. (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.

Freqüência

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈɛnviːəs/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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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