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envy

noun
/ˈɛnvi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest and Old English nīþ.

  1. derived from invidia
  2. derived from envie
  3. inherited from envie

Definitions

  1. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material…

    Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).

    • No bliss enjoyed by us excites his envy more.
    • Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave.
    • distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

  2. An object of envious notice or feeling.

    • This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world[.]
    • Blacke Foryst of Despayr, taking photos of the band Put 'em up on Myspace you're the envy of the land

  3. Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.

    • But let me tell the World, If he out-liue the enuie of this day, England did neuer owe so sweet a hope, So much misconstrued in his Wantonnesse.
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Emulation

      Emulation; rivalry.

      • c. 1631-1636, John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy.

    2. Public odium

      Public odium; ill repute.

      • to lay the envy of the war upon Cicero

    3. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

    4. To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.

    5. To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).

    6. To have envious feelings (at).

      • I do not envy at their wealth, titles, offices;[…]let me live quiet and at ease.
      • Who envy at the prosperity of the wicked?

    7. To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly

      To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.

      • But that sweet Cordiall, which can restore A loue-sick hart, she did to him enuy[…].

    8. To show malice or ill will

      To show malice or ill will; to rail.

      • He has[…]envied against the people.

    9. To do harm to

      To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.

      • If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall.

    10. To hate.

      • Both jealous of my love, envied each other

    11. To emulate.

      • Let later age that noble vse enuie, Vile rancour to auoid, and cruell surquedrie

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Derived

boob envy, breast envy, class envy, envious, envy-free, envyful, envysome, feature envy, foreskin envy, frienvy, gender envy, green with envy, penis envy, physics envy, politics of envy, social envy, vagina envy, womb envy, envyingly, unenvying

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at envy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at envy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at envy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA