单词 | enviousness |
释义 | enviousnessn. The quality of being envious. ΘΚΠ 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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