enviousnessn.
/ˈɛnvɪəsnɪs/ The quality of being envious.
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the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [noun] > envy
evestOE
envyc1280
envioustya1382
viea1400
grudgingc1420
invyc1440
emulation1561
enviousness1561
envying1587
grudgement1845
begrudgery1874
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 227 Nor will with enuiousnesse against god complayne of his Fortune.
1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 1v, in 2nd Pt. Herball For enuiusnes [the Physicians] wold not send the sik folk..unto these bathes.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 941 A spightfull enviousnesse.
1652 tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra i. 62 Courtiers, who forcing the enviousnesse of their nature, lookt upon his fortune with joy and applause.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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