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envysome

envysome adjective: characterised or marked by envy; envious.

Adjective

envysome (comparative more envysome, superlative most envysome)

  1. Characterised or marked by envy; envious.
    • I'm going to show 'em to Molly anyway. Won 't she be envysome?1913, Helen Gaylord, Luzetta R. Sanders, Cora A. Sanders, The Pokeyville Rally
    • If she can also claim, as the Hackensack creature can, that Charles Livingston Bull, the illustrator, did her portrait, she may take an envysome position on the alley fence at midnight or any other time, and her right will be undisputed.1929, Nature Magazine, volumes 13-14

Forms of envysome

comparativemore envysome
superlativemost envysome
alternative formenvisome

Origin of envysome

From envy + -some.

Questions about envysome

What does envysome mean?
Envysome means characterised or marked by envy; envious.
What part of speech is envysome?
Envysome is an adjective.

Words near envysome in the dictionary

  1. envyings
  2. envyless
  3. envyous
  4. envyscroll
  5. envyscrolling
  6. envysome
  7. enwall
  8. enwalled
  9. enwalling
  10. enwallowed
  11. enwalls

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