Envious, 1) malignant, mischievous, spiteful: “each e. briar his weary legs doth scratch,” Ven. 705. “an e. sneaping frost,” LLL I, 1, 100. Merch. III, 2, 284. As I, 2, 253. II, 1, 4. Shr. Ind. 2, 67. R2 II, 1, 62. H6A III, 1, 26. III, 4, 33. IV, 1, 90. H6B II, 4, 12. H6B II, 4, 12 III, 1, 157 (the e. load == the load of malice) H6C III, 2, 157. V, 6, 25. R3 I, 3, 26. I, 4, 37. H8 II, 1, 45. III, 2, 447. Tit. III, 1, 96. Rom. I, 1, 156. III, 1, 173. III, 2, 40. III, 5, 7. Caes. II, 1, 178. III, 2, 179. Hml. IV, 7, 174.
2) jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another: Meas. III, 2, 154. As I, 1, 149. R2 III, 3, 65. H6A III, 1, 194. H8 III, 2, 243. Troil. I, 3, 133. III, 3, 174. Rom. II, 2, 4. 7 (most of these passages may as well be taken in the first signification).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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