Hypertext Webster Gateway: "emulous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emulous \Em"u*lous\, a. [L. aemulus. See {Emulate}.]
1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another;
eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like
excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of
another's example or virtues.
2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
``Emulous Carthage.'' --B. Jonson.
Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
emulous
adj 1: characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
2: eager to surpass others [syn: {rivalrous}]
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