emulous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛm.jʊ.ləs/    美 /ˈɛm.jə.ləs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Ambitious or competitive.
    — His armes and other moꝛe ſinewous than fleſhie, a ſtout and a valiant gentleman he was and emulous.

词形变化

more emulous comparative most emulous superlative æmulous alternative,obsolete

词源

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.
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