Invident
/ɪnˈvɪdənt/noun
Envious or grudging; an obsolete or rare English adjective.
Did you know?Its Latin ancestor, invidere, originally meant “to look at” and developed the sense of looking enviously, echoing ancient beliefs surrounding the evil eye.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weyd-
“To see or know through seeing”
Ancient Latin
Latin
vidēre
“To see”
Classical Latin
Latin
invidēre
“To look at with hostility or envy”
Classical Latin
Latin
invidēns
“Looking enviously; being envious”
Early Modern English
English
invident
“Envious or grudging”
Modern English
English
invident
“A rare or obsolete adjective meaning envious”