envy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English envie from Old French envie from Latin invidia "envy" from invidere "to look at with malice" from in + videre ("on, upon" + "to look, see"). Displaced native Middle English ande, onde "envy" (from Old English anda, onda "breath, emotion, envy, hatred, grudge, dislike"), Middle English nithe, nith "envy, malice" (from Old English nīþ "envy, hatred, malice, spite, jealousy").

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• (UK) enPR: ĕn'vē, IPA: /ˈɛnviː/, SAMPA: /"Envi:/
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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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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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• envious