ENVIABLE

enviable

(adjective) causing envy; “an enviable position”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)

Arousing or likely to arouse envy.

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Source: Wiktionary


En"vi*a*ble, a. Etym: [From Envy.]

Definition: Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay.

– En"vi*a*ble*ness, n.

– En"vi*a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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