English Explanatory Dictionary

emulous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Ambitious or competitive.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛm.jʊ.ləs/ /ˈɛm.jə.ləs/

Word forms

emulous more emulous most emulous æmulous

Etymology

From Middle English emulous, from Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.

Related words

emulate emulation

Derived words

emulously emulousness inemulous unemulous
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