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inemulous

inemulous adjective: not emulous; not envious or desirous of.

Adjective

inemulous (comparative more inemulous, superlative most inemulous)

  1. (rare) Not emulous; not envious or desirous of.
    • He treads, inemulous of fame or wealth, / Profuse of toil, and prodigal of health […].1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 80

Forms of inemulous

comparativemore inemulous
superlativemost inemulous

Origin of inemulous

From in- + emulous.

Questions about inemulous

What does inemulous mean?
Inemulous means not emulous; not envious or desirous of.
What part of speech is inemulous?
Inemulous is an adjective.

Words near inemulous in the dictionary

  1. ineludible
  2. inembryonate
  3. inemendable
  4. inemotive
  5. inemotivity
  6. inemulous
  7. inemuri
  8. inenarrable
  9. inenchyma
  10. inenergetic
  11. inenubilable

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