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

P: And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

"O Afrit," rejoined I, "it would best become thee to pardon me, even as the envied pardoned the envier."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

Abide he bade him: nor was need To bid when Balen wheeled his steed Fiercely, less fain by word than deed To bid his envier evil speed,    And cried, “What wilt thou with me?”

From The Tale of Balen by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Ah, and is it then true that there is no friendship for me; must every friend be an envier or else a lover?

From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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