n.
(pl. envies)
discontented or resentful longing aroused by another's possessions, qualities, or luck.
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(the envy of)
a person or thing that inspires such a feeling.
v.
(envies, envying, envied)
feel envy of.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (also in the sense ‘hostility’): from OFr. envie (n.), envier (v.), from L. invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.
