enviousness

Variant of envious

envious definition

en·vi·ous (en′vē əs)

adjective

  1. characterized by envy; feeling, showing, or resulting from envy
  2. Obsolete
    1. emulous
    2. enviable

Etymology: ME < OFr envieus < L invidiosus < invidia, envy

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