Found 2 items, similar to Emulous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: emulous
emulous
adj 1: characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
2: eager to surpass others [syn:
rivalrous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Emulous
Emulous
\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.
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2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
“Emulous Carthage.” --B. Jonson.
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Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. --Shak.
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