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   Envious , a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.]
   Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]
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   Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
   Shak.
   
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   Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
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   My soul is envious of mine eye.
   Keble.
   
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   Neither be thou envious at the wicked.
   Prov. xxiv. 19.
   
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   Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
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   He to him leapt, and that same envious gage
   Of victor's glory from him snatched away.
   Spenser.
   
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   Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
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   No men are so envious of their health.
   Jer. Taylor.
   -- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n.
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