English Explanatory Dictionary

enviable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Arousing or likely to arouse envy.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛn.vi.ə.bl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enviable.wav /ˈɛn.vɪ.ə.b(ə)l/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-enviable.wav

Word forms

enviable more enviable most enviable

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enviable From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).

Antonyms

unenviable

Related words

envy

Derived words

enviability enviableness enviably unenviable unenviableness unenviably
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