envier

American  

[en-vee-er] / ˈɛn vi ər /

noun

1. a person who feels envy.

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Etymology

Origin of envier

First recorded in 1500–10; envy + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The envier then said to him, I have come hither to inform thee of a matter in which thou wilt find advantage, and for which I shall obtain a recompense in heaven.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

Then, said the envier, order the Faḳeers to retire to their cells, for the information that I am about to give thee I would have no one overhear.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

And thus I grasp thy amplitudes, of her Ungrasped, though helped by nigh-regarding eyes; Canst thou then hate me as an envier Who see unrecked what I so dearly prize?

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

This woman is not so ill as she doth make believe, but practiseth deceit upon thee and I ween that some enemy or envier hath plotted a plot against me and thee.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The poem concludes with a dedication to Jaufre Rudel— Lo vers e�l son vueill envier A'n Jaufre Rudel outra mar.

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.