Envious
Envious , adjective
[Old French envios, French envieux, from Latin invidiosus, from invidia envy. See Envy, and compare Invidious.]
1.
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obsolete]
Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
2.
Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
My soul is envious of mine eye.
Neither be thou envious at the wicked.
3.
Inspiring envy. [Obsolete or Poetic]
He to him leapt, and that same envious gage
Of victor's glory from him snatched away.
4.
Excessively careful; cautious. [Obsolete]
No men are so envious of their health.