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Webster 1913 Edition


Enviable

En′vi-a-ble

,
Adj.
[From
Envy
.]
Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
En′vi-a-ble-ness
,
Noun.
En′vi-a-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enviable

EN'VIABLE

,
Adj.
[See Envy.] That may excite envy; capable of awakening ardent desire of possession. The situation of men in office is not always enviable.

Definition 2024


enviable

enviable

English

Adjective

enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)

  1. Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
    He had achieved many enviable dramatic successes before this time. My Miscellanies by Wilkie Collins
    This quarter of the city had at that time anything but an enviable reputation. Monsieur Lecoq by Emile Gaboriau

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French

Etymology

envie + -able

Adjective

enviable m, f (plural enviables)

  1. enviable

Spanish

Adjective

enviable m, f (plural enviables)

  1. enviable