Envy, subst. 1) jealous mortification at the sight of another's excellence: “very e. and the tongue of loss cried fame and honour on him,” Tw. V, 61. “rival-hating e.” R2 I, 3, 131. “defensive against the e. of less happier lands,” II, 1, 49. H4A I, 1, 79. H6A IV, 1, 193. H6B III, 2, 315. H8 III, 2, 239. V, 3, 44. Troil. IV, 4, 30. Hml. IV, 7, 75. Hml. IV, 7, 75 Cymb. II, 3, 133. Per. IV Prol. 12. IV Prol. 12 Perhaps also Lucr. 909. With at: “full of e. at his greatness,” Troil. II, 1, 36. With of: “e. of so rich a thing,” Lucr. 39. H5 V, 2, 379. “in e. of Caesar,” Caes. V, 5, 70. Hendiadis: “not Afric owns a serpent I abhor more than thy fame and e.” Cor. I, 8, 4 (== thy envied fame: cf. And).
2) malice, spite, hate: “who with age and e. was grown into a hoop,” Tp. I, 2, 259. “carry me out of his --'s reach,” Merch. IV, 1, 10. Merch. IV, 1, 10 R2 I, 2, 21. H4A V, 2, 67. R3 IV, 1, 100. H8 III, 1, 113. Cor. IV, 5, 80. Cor. IV, 5, 80 Tit. II, 1, 4. Tim. I, 2, 144. Caes. II, 1, 164. Ant. V, 2, 164. Followed by to: “his e. to the people,” Cor. III, 3, 3. Especially malice shown by calumny and depreciation: “to tie up e. evermore enlarged,” Sonn. 70, 12. “stands at a guard with e.” Meas. I, 3, 51. “either this is e. in you, folly, or mistaking,” III, 2, 149. “she bore a mind that e. could not but call fair,” Tw. II, 1, 30. “either e. or misprision,” H4A I, 3, 27. “gather wealth, I care not with what e.” H6B IV, 10, 23. “exempt from e., but not from disdain,” H6C III, 3, 127 (== above calumny). H8 II, 1, 85. II, 2, 89. III, 1, 36. Troil. II, 3, 23. III, 2, 104. V, 1, 4. V, 1, 4 Tit. I, 153.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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