a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. envious, O.Fr. envieus (Mod.Fr. envieux), from L. invidiosus (cf. Sp. envidioso, It. invidioso, Port. invejoso), from invidia (see envy). Related: Enviously.