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emulous, a.|ˈɛmjʊləs|
Also 6 Sc. ymulis, 7–8 æmulous.
[f. L. æmul-us of same meaning + -ous.]
1. a. Desirous of rivalling, imitating, obtaining. Const. of. †b. Of things: Closely resembling, imitative of (obs. rare).
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lxiv. (1495) 280 In theym that haue the Lepra that hyghte Elephancia the colour and hewe is emulous. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 822 By strength They measure all, of other excellence not emulous. a1721Prior Ep. Mr. Howard 59 Good Howard, emulous of the Grecian art. 1796Burke Regic. Peace Wks. VIII. 291 Emulous of the glory of the youthful hero. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke x. (1876) 110 Emulous of Messrs. Aaron Levi & Co. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Result Wks. (Bohn) II. 135 Kingdoms emulous of free institutions.
2. Filled with emulation; actuated by the spirit of rivalry. † Formerly also in weaker sense: = rival a.
1617Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. 147 The fire issuing from God upon their [Moses' and Aaron's] emulous opposites. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iii. v. 164 The two æmulous suiters. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iv. ii. (1654) 300 The emulous Schools of Sammai and Hillel. 1725–6Pope Odyss. vi. 105 æmulous the royal robes they lave. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg., School Salerno, Where every emulous scholar hears..The rustling of another's laurels! 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. vi. xlv. 421 The stream of emulous admirers.
†3.
a. Greedy of praise or power.
b. Envious.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 243 He is not emulous, as Achilles is. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 206, I am censured by some emulous accusers. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 111/1 What a Son thou hast, now may All my æmulous Neighbours say.
4. Of actions, feelings, etc.: Proceeding from, or of the nature of, emulation or rivalry. † Also, zealous, earnest (obs.).
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 431 Turne all your mad murning In ymulis prayer and [in] grit louing. 1693Smallridge Jul. Cæsar in Dryden Plutarch IV. 466 This passion was a kind of æmulous struggle with himself. 1782V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. cxvi. 288 The profusion of emulous extravagance. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 408 Poets sang with emulous fervour the approach of the golden age. 1871Rossetti Poems, Sonn. iv. Kiss, Till love's emulous ardours ran, Fire within fire, desire in deity. |