Emulous Definition

ĕmyə-ləs
adjective
Desirous of equaling or surpassing.
Webster's New World
Eager or ambitious to equal or surpass another.
American Heritage
Characterized or caused by emulation.
Webster's New World
Jealous; envious.
Webster's New World

Ambitious or competitive.

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Origin of Emulous

  • From Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”), from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (amillaomai, “strive, contend”), akin to imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin aemulus aim- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Emulous Sentence Examples

  • Never before, since the age of Margaret, had Denmark been so well governed, never before had she possessed so many political celebrities nobly emulous for the common good.

  • The Bombay government was naturally emulous to follow the example of Madras and Bengal, and to establish its influence at the court of Poona by placing its own nominee upon the throne.

  • Steeped in pagan learning, emulous of imitating the manners of the ancients, used to think and feel in harmony with Ovid and Theocritus, and at the same time rendered cynical by the corruption of papal Rome, the educated classes lost their grasp upon morality.

  • Thomas Cavendish, emulous of Drake's example, fitted out three vessels for an expedition to the South sea in 1586.

  • His fame collected round him a host of followers, emulous of his sanctity.

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Words Starting With

EEMEMU

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SUSOUS

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