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mercenary
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin merc?n?rius (“hired for money”), from merc?s (“reward, wages, price”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??.s?.n?.?i/, /?m??.s?n.?i/
- (General American) enPR: mûr?s?-n?r'?, IPA(key): /?m?s??n??i/
- Hyphenation: mer?ce?na?ry
Noun
mercenary (plural mercenaries)
- (archaic) One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
- A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
- (figuratively) One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:mercenary
Hyponyms
- condottiere, freelance, gallowglass, Landsknecht, lansquenet, Mamertine, routier, turcopole
Translations
Adjective
mercenary (comparative more mercenary, superlative most mercenary)
- Motivated by private gain.
Synonyms
- (motivated by private gain): greedy, venal
- (hired for a figurative battle): hired gun
Translations
See also
- soldier
Further reading
- mercenary at OneLook Dictionary Search
- mercenary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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envious
English
Etymology
From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidi?sus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfesti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nv??s/
Adjective
envious (comparative more envious, superlative most envious)
- Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
- My soul is envious of mine eye.
- Excessively careful; cautious.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- for no man was ever so amorous, as to love a toad; none so envious, as to repine at the condition of the miserable
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
- (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.
Synonyms
- (excessively cautious): overcautious
Translations
See also
- jealous
Anagrams
- niveous, veinous
Old French
Alternative forms
- enviös, envieus
Etymology
From Latin invidi?sus.
Adjective
envious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular enviouse)
- envious; jealous
Descendants
- French: envieux
- Norman: envieux
- ? English: envious
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