envy

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[edit] Etymology

Existing since the thirteenth century: from Old French envie, from Latin invidia, from invidere, “look at with malice”.

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Singular
envy

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural envies

envy (countable and uncountable; plural envies)

  1. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions); as distinct from jealousy.
    • 1983. ROSEN, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist. p. 66.
      Theodorus assures Socrates that no envy will prevent the Stranger from responding

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Infinitive
to envy

Third person singular
envies

Simple past
envied

Past participle
envied

Present participle
envying

to envy (third-person singular simple present envies, present participle envying, simple past and past participle envied)

  1. To feel envy of.

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