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envier

American  
[en-vee-er] / ˈɛn vi ər /

noun

  1. a person who feels envy.


Etymology

Origin of envier

First recorded in 1500–10; envy + -er 1

Example Sentences

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And thus I grasp thy amplitudes, of her Ungrasped, though helped by nigh-regarding eyes; Canst thou then hate me as an envier Who see unrecked what I so dearly prize?

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

Then, said the envier, order the Faḳeers to retire to their cells, for the information that I am about to give thee I would have no one overhear.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

This woman is not so ill as she doth make believe, but practiseth deceit upon thee and I ween that some enemy or envier hath plotted a plot against me and thee.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

And Sahwah the Sunfish, the lover of maiden bravery, the envier of heroines, was the greatest of them all, and knew it not.

From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Quoth the envier, 'I have journeyed hither on purpose to tell thee a piece of good news.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

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