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envious, a.|ˈɛnvɪəs|
Forms: 4–6 envyous(e, 5 -ose, (4 enviose, -vios, -vius, -vyus, -wius, 5 enviyus, -vyows, pl. envyeusis), 4– envious. Also 5 invyowse.
[a. AF. envious, OF. envieus, -vius (mod.F. envieux) = Pr. envejos, envios, Cat. envejos, Pg. invejoso, Sp. envidioso, It. invidioso:—L. invidiōsus, f. invidia envy.]
1. Full of envy, affected or actuated by envy; vexed or discontented at the good fortune or qualities of another. Const. † against, † at, of, † to with n. or inf.
a1300Cursor M. 27658 (Cott.) Þe enuius man ai lufes he leste Þam þat he wate er moste honeste. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 267 O Sathan envyous. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 53 There be other that be envious to see other in gretter degre thanne they. 1526Pilgr. Pref. (W. de W. 1531) 78 And..the enuyous man, for to do a displeasure to his ennemy, wyll suffre rebuke and blame. 1611Bible Prov. xxiv. 19 Neither be thou enuious at the wicked. 1636Ariana 328 They thought it envious against their repose, to have shed so much as a teare for them. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. vii. 37 If he blast my Muse with envious Praise. 1842Lytton Zanoni 28 Our good Loredano is envious of my diamond. 1872Morley Voltaire (1886) 108 Envious scribes in his life-time taunted him with avarice.
absol.a1300Cursor M. 27706 (Cott.) Forþi sais Senec on þe envius, Quine, etc. 1340Ayenb. 28 Vor þe more þet þe guodes byeþ greate, þe more zorȝeþ þe enuious. 1816Byron Monody Death Sheridan, The envious who but breathe in others' pain. 1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. Pref. (ed. 2) 14 The envious, because they like not the sound of a living man's praise.
†2. Full of ill-will; malicious, spiteful. Obs.
‘Still current dial. in Suffolk’ (F. Hall).
c1330R. Brunne (1810) 180 Grete scathe..Com tille Kyng R. for þat envios sawe. c1430Lydg. Chorle & Byrde (1818) 12 Hit maketh accorde betwene folk envyous. 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 40 Who more envious than Tymon denouncing all humaine societie. 1673Penn Chr. Quaker iv. 531 Envious Displeasure against an Harmless Suffering People. a1713T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1765) 384 Printed by one of his Party with very envious Reflections upon it.
†3. Full of emulation; emulous. Const. of.
a1300Floriz & Bl. 356 For he is suþe couetus And at þescheker enuius. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 150 Thei be envyeusis whiche shalle goo furst up on the offerande. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 318 Be enuious of the best gifts. 1821Keats Lamia 217 Lycius Charioting foremost in the envious race.
†4. Grudging, parsimonious, sparing, excessively careful. Obs.
1580Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 368 Beautie was no niggard of hir slippes in this gardein, and very enuious to other grounds. a1667Jer. Taylor (W.), No men are so envious of their health.
†5. Calculated to excite ill-will; invidious; odious. Obs.
1635R. N. tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. (ed. 3) i. 90 Which sect began presently to be knowne by the envious name of Puritans. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. Ep. Ded. 5 Hath put my pen upon this envious, but necessarie taske.
†6. That is or may be an object of envy; enviable.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. iv. 39 He to him lept, and that same envious gage Of victors glory from him snatcht away. 1651Reliq. Wotton. 69 A glorious harvest..which could not but have made an envious addition. 1665Pepys Diary 8 Dec. (ed. Bright) III. 327 So envious a place.
7. Comb., as envious-hearted.
1873L. Wallace Fair God ii. vii. 128 Time was when no envious-hearted knave could have made him believe, etc. |