Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - envy
Envy
envy
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by another's better fortune etc. 2 the object or ground of this feeling (their house is the envy of the neighbourhood). --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) feel envy of (a person, circumstances, etc.) (I envy you your position). Derivatives envier n. Etymology: ME f. OF envie f. L invidia f. invidere envy (as IN-(1), videre see)
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I. noun (plural envies) see: wit Date: 13th century painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage, malice, an object of envious notice or feeling , II. verb (envied; ~ing) Date: 14th century transitive verb to feel ~ toward or on account of, begrudge, intransitive verb to feel or show ~, ~ingly adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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