enviable
English
Etymology
From Middle French enviable
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛnvi.əbl̩/
Adjective
enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)
- Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
- My Miscellanies by Wilkie Collins
- He had achieved many enviable dramatic successes before this time.
- Monsieur Lecoq by Emile Gaboriau
- This quarter of the city had at that time anything but an enviable reputation.
- My Miscellanies by Wilkie Collins
Related terms
Translations
Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
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French
Further reading
- “enviable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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