emulous
English
Alternative forms
- æmulous (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”), from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.
Adjective
emulous (comparative more emulous, superlative most emulous)
- ambitious or competitive.
Related terms
Further reading
- “emulous” in Oxford English Dictionary
- emulous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “emulous” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
- emulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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