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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishenvie, fromOld Frenchenvie, fromLatininvidia(“envy”), frominvidere(“to look at with malice”), fromin-(“on, upon”) +videre(“to look, see”).Doublet ofenvie. Cognate toProto-Slavic*zavistь(“envy”).

Displaced nativeOld Englishæfest.

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Noun

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envy (countable anduncountable,pluralenvies)

  1. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).[from 13th c.]
    • 1667,John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC, lines263–264:
      No bliss enjoyed by us excites hisenvy more.
    • 1804,Alexander Pope,The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, page71:
      Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave,
      Is emulation in the learned or brave.
    • 1914,Louis Joseph Vance,Nobody, page 9:
      distilling therefrom an acidenvy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
    • 1983,Stanley Rosen,Plato's Sophist: The Drama of Original and Image, page66:
      Theodorus assures Socrates that noenvy will prevent the Stranger from responding
  2. An object of envious notice or feeling.
    • 1843,Thomas Macaulay,Critical and Miscellaneous Essays,Carey & Hart, page277:
      This constitution in former days used to be theenvy of the world[.]
    • 2008,Lich King (band), “Black Metal Sucks”, inToxic Zombie Onslaught:
      Blacke Foryst of Despayr, taking photos of the band
      Put 'em up on Myspace you're theenvy of the land
  3. (obsolete)Hatred,enmity, ill-feeling.[14th–18th c.]
    • 1485,Sir Thomas Malory, “lij”, inLe Morte Darthur, book X:
      Syre said laūcelot vnto Arthur by this crye that ye haue made ye wyll put vs that ben aboute yow in grete Ieopardy
      for there be many Knyghtes that haue greteenuye to vs
      therfore whan we shal mete at the daye of Iustes there wille be hard skyfte amonge vs
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1598,William Shakespeare,Henry IV, Part 1:
      But let me tell the World,
      If he out-liue theenuie of this day,
      England did neuer owe so sweet a hope,
      So much misconstrued in his Wantonnesse.
  4. (obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
    • c. 1631-1636,John Ford,The Fancies Chaste and Noble
      Such as cleanliness and decency
      Prompt to a virtuousenvy.
  5. (obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
  6. A red-skinned variety ofeating apple.

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resentful desire of something possessed by another

Verb

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envy (third-person singular simple presentenvies,present participleenvying,simple past and past participleenvied)

  1. (transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.[from 14th c.]
    • 2018 September 20, Hyonhee Shin, Joyce Lee, Soyoung Kim, Haejin Choi, Pyongyang Press Corps., “Fulfilling a dream, South Korea's Moon visits sacred North Korean mountain with Kim”, in Lincoln Feast, editor,Reuters‎[1], archived fromthe original on13 November 2018, World News‎[2]:
      Moon and Kim took a cable car together to Heaven Lake, a caldera at the top of the mountain, and walked around the area with their wives and officials from both sides.
      Pictures showed Moon and Kim smiling and posing with their wives, and Moon filling a bottle with water from the lake.
      “The Chineseenvy us because they can’t go down to the lake from their side but we can,” Kim said.
      “We should write another chapter of history between the North and the South by reflecting our new history on this Heaven Lake.”
  2. (transitive) Toresentfully ordiscontentedlydesire (something someone else has that one lacks).
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To haveenvious feelings (at).[15th–18th c.]
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton],The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:
      I do notenvy at their wealth, titles, offices;[…]let me live quiet and at ease.
    • 1651,Jer[emy] Taylor,The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […],→OCLC:
      Whoenvy at the prosperity of the wicked?
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) to (someone)grudgingly orreluctantly; tobegrudge.[16th–18th c.]
  5. (obsolete) To showmalice or ill will; torail.
  6. (obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
  7. (obsolete) To hate.
  8. (obsolete) Toemulate.

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Translations

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to feel displeasure towards (someone) because of their good fortune, possessions

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Noun

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envy

  1. Alternative form ofenvie
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