Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of envy
plural envyings
- A feeling of envy.
Their moderation may perhaps keep them from the bitter envyings and hatred, to which ambitious worldlings are subject […]
1737, Edmund Law, A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection1 more example
"What a small, worthless thing," exclaimed Henrietta, "is our existence, filled with mean envyings, paltry hopes! and, if for one instant redeemed by a true affection, or a generous emotion, what wretchedness is sure to follow the indulgence of either!"
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Asking for an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 25
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