| Pronunciation: | | 'emyulus
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- [adj] eager to surpass others
- [adj] characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
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EMULOUS is a 7 letter word that starts with E. |
| | Synonyms: | | competitive, competitory, rivalrous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Em"u*lous\, a. [L. aemulus. See {Emulate}.]
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 virtues.
2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
``Emulous Carthage.'' --B. Jonson.
Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. --Shak.
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