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[em-yuh-luhs] Origin

em·u·lous

[em-yuh-luhs]
adjective
1.
desirous of equaling or excelling; filled with emulation: boys emulous of their fathers.
2.
arising from or of the nature of emulation, as actions or attitudes.
3.
Obsolete. jealous; envious.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin aemulus vying with; see -ulous

em·u·lous·ly, adverb
em·u·lous·ness, noun
non·em·u·lous, adjective
non·em·u·lous·ly, adverb
non·em·u·lous·ness, noun
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un·em·u·lous, adjective
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Emulous is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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emulous (ˈɛmjʊləs)
 
adj
1.  desiring or aiming to equal or surpass another; competitive
2.  characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
3.  archaic envious or jealous
 
[C14: from Latin aemulus rivalling; see emulate]
 
'emulously
 
adv
 
'emulousness
 
n

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emulous
late 14c., from L. aemulus, from aemulari (see emulation). Related: Emulously.
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