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emulous.

Ambitious or competitive.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɛm.jʊ.ləs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɛm.jə.ləs/General-American
  1. Ambitious or competitive.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English emulous, from Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.

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