ambitious
(adjective) having a strong desire for success or achievement
ambitious, challenging
(adjective) requiring full use of your abilities or resources; “ambitious schedule”; “performed the most challenging task without a mistake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ambitious (comparative ambitiouser or more ambitious, superlative ambitiousest or most ambitious)
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
Synonyms: showy, aspiring
Hard to achieve.
• nonambitious
• unambitious
Source: Wiktionary
Am*bi"tious, a. Etym: [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux. See Ambition.]
1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. Shak.
2. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something. I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony. Evelyn. Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in vain. Cowper.
3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style. A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off wide, ambitious base. Collins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
