Emulous Imitate Em Yuh Luhs Adjective Eager Equal Surpass Jealous

emulous /EM-yuh-luhs/

adjective

1. Eager to imitate, equal, or to surpass another.

2. Jealous or envious.

[From Latin aemulus. Ultimately from the Indo-European root aim- (copy), which also gave us emulate, imitate, image, and imagine. Earliest documented use: 1398.]

"This show feels assembled by an emulous shopaholic who looked around at the tourist-drawing hits of the last decade and said: 'I want some of that. And that. Ooh, and can I have that, too?'" - Ben Brantley; Sisterhood vs. Boss; The New York Times; May 1, 2009.