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emulous

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛm.jʊ.ləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted elmosuuStarts with EEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. eager to surpass others

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • His armes and other moꝛe ſinewous than fleſhie, a ſtout and a valiant gentleman he was and emulous.
  • In such near proximity with the invalid, though all had been emulous of showing him attention, perhaps none were more truly affected by the critical situation of the unhappy Douglas than Miss Airey.
  • A dozen emulous young persons in, or just out of, pinafores, swift-runners, had taken the field.

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