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enviousness|ˈɛnvɪəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being envious.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 227 Nor will with enuiousnesse against god complayne of his Fortune. 1562Turner Baths 1 b, For enuiusnes [the Physicians] wold not send the sik folk..unto these bathes. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iii. 941 A spightfull enviousnesse. 1652Sir A. Cockayne tr. Cassandra i. 62 Courtiers, who, forcing the enviousnesse of their nature, lookt upon his fortune with joy and applause. |