envier

American  

[en-vee-er] / ˈɛn vi ər /

noun

1. a person who feels envy.

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Etymology

Origin of envier

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

Example Sentences

Ah, and is it then true that there is no friendship for me; must every friend be an envier or else a lover?

From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

P: And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

"O Afrit," rejoined I, "it would best become thee to pardon me, even as the envied pardoned the envier."

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

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

The envier then said to him, I have come hither to inform thee of a matter in which thou wilt find advantage, and for which I shall obtain a recompense in heaven.

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