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Webster 1913 Edition
Emulous
1.
Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; – with of;
as,
. emulous
of another’s example or virtues2.
Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
“Emulous Carthage.” B. Jonson.
Emulous
missions 'mongst the gods. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Emulous
EM'ULOUS
,Adj.
1.
Rivaling; engaged in competition; as emulous Carthage.2.
Factious; contentious.Definition 2024
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Alternative forms
- æmulous (archaic)
Adjective
emulous (comparative more emulous, superlative most emulous)
- ambitious or competitive.
Related terms
External links
- “emulous” in Oxford English Dictionary
- emulous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “emulous” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- emulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913