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EMULOUS

• EMULOUS (adjective)
The adjective EMULOUS has 2 senses:

1. characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
2. eager to surpass others

Familiarity information: EMULOUS used as an adjective is rare.

• EMULOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

emulation (effort to equal or surpass another)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Eager to surpass others

Synonyms:

rivalrous; emulous

Similar:

competitive; competitory (involving competition or competitiveness)

"Like water off a duck's back."
(English proverb)
"Someone else's pain is easy to carry"
(Breton proverb)
"Where do you go, money? Where there is more."
(Catalan proverb)
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
(Danish proverb)

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