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Entry: envy
Pronunciation: 'en-vE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English envie, from Old French, from Latin
invidia, from invidus envious, from invidEre
to look askance at, envy, from in- + vidEre to see.
1 : painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed
by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage
2 : obsolete : MALICE
3 : an object of envious notice or feeling
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