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7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
adjective eager to surpass others
originFrom Middle English emulous, from Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.
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