Envy

  

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Envy

Definitions: Envy

Envy

Noun

1. A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another.

2. Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins).

Verb

1. Feel envious towards; admire enviously.

2. Be envious of; set one's heart on.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "envy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: Envy

DomainDefinitions

Satire

ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Dream Interpretation

To dream that you entertain envy for others, denotes that you will make warm friends by your unselfish deference to the wishes of others.
If you dream of being envied by others, it denotes that you will suffer some inconvenience from friends overanxious to please you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Envy

Synonyms: enviousness (n), invidia (n), the green-eyed monster (n), begrudge (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Envy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Envy

Verb: envy, covet, burst with envy.

Phrase: " base envy withers at another's joy "; caeca invidia est; multa petentibus desunt multa; summa petit livor.

Noun: envy; enviousness; Adjective: rivalry; jalousie de milier; illwill, spite.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Envy

English words defined with "envy": askance, askant, asquintbegrudging, By wholesaleclass feelingdrool overenviable, Envied, Envies, envious, Envying, Evil-eyedgreen-eyed monster, grudgingjaundiced, jealousyOndepenis envyrancoroussidelong, slobber over, squint, squint-eyed, squintyunenviable, ungrudging. (references)
Specialty definitions using "envy": AbuseBack, BronzeCongratulationEnvy, envy taxFalconHillsILLUSTRIOUS, InkKissLamp, Letter-carrier, LuciferaMaskOblivion, OnionsPickpocket, PistolSea-girt Isle, Seven Deadly Sins, SISTERS, Stairs, SUFFRAGETTETargetVicarWasp. (references)
Etymologies containing "envy": Enviable, EnviousinvidiousObtrectation. (references)

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Modern Usage: Envy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Hey Rufio, if i'm a maggot burger, why don't you just eat me! You two-toned, zebra headed, slime coated,pimple farming, parimicium brain, munching on your own mucus suffering from Peter Pan envy. (Hook; writing credit: James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. Based on the play 'Peter Pan' by J.M. Barrie.)

Laser envy. (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

It seems that envy is my sin. (Se7en; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker)

I envy us. (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)

Sometimes I envy you so much it chokes me. And sometimes I think I got the better deal. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Lyrics

I've got so much honey the bees envy me. ("My Girl"; performing artist: The Temptations)

Clever

Pity is for living, envy is for dead. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Envy shoots at others and wounds herself. (references; author: Swedish Proverb)

Movie/TV Titles

Fires of Envy (1957)

Envy (1929)

The Eye of Envy (1917)

Envy (1917)

Hatred and Malice Envy (1911)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Envy

DomainTitle

Books

  • Envy (reference)

  • Envy and Gratitude and Other Works 1946-1963: The Writings of Melanie Klein (reference)

  • Keeping Up With the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930 (reference)

  • Larryboy and the Emperor of Envy (VeggieTales Series) (reference)

  • The Envy of the World: On Being a Black Man in America (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Envy

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Photo Album: Envy

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... Doth envy Hodge his great one; / [John Collier] T. Sanders sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

It was sure to attract attention and provoke envy and demand for one like it.Credit: Library of Congress.

Chester, I've been in some tight spots but I don't envy you now.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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Familiar Quotations: Envy

AuthorQuotation

Anonymous Miscellaneous

Envy slays itself by its own arrows.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.

Nikita S. Khrushchev

The living will envy the dead.

Ovid

Envy aims very high.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

Seneca

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

Sir Thomas Browne

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

Swedish Proverb

Envy shoots at others and wounds herself.

Thomas Fuller

Nothing sharpens sight like envy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Envy

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I dare say Miss Nash would envy you such an opportunity as this of being married.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It was Eponine and Azelma now who looked upon Cosette with envy.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

And she will envy plump young bodies on the beach.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

To clear up which I endeavored to give some ideas of the desire of power and riches, of the terrible effects of lust, intemperance, malice and envy.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Tom Stoppard

Envy him; in his two-fold security.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Envy

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Envy

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

Our of Democracy must be not only the envy of the world, but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

Dennis Miller

With the wheel came envy, a lowering of our self-esteem, and greed.

Martha Stewart

Well, I'm sure there's jealousy. I am sure there's envy. I am sure there's misunderstanding. I am sure there's all kinds of things like that. They don't understand what I do.

Tom Brokaw

You know, and it's in Europe, the burning of the synagogues, and the resentment of what Israel is doing. I wish I could say if we hit this switch, it will go away. I think a lot of it has to do with envy and resentment. I really believe that.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Envy

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989American agriculture, the envy of the world, has become the victim of its own successes.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Our democracy must not only be the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Envy

"Envy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.86% of the time. "Envy" is used about 646 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)69.86%45212,885
Lexical Verb (infinitive)19.32%12528,650
Lexical Verb (base form)10.82%7039,981
                    Total100.00%646N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Envy

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "envy".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
BeriahN/ABiblical

In envy

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Envy

Expressions using "envy": be green with envy be the envy of all be the envy of smb. burst with envy envy smb. smth. envy tax green with envy out of envy penis envy shafts of envy the warm of envy womb envy. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "envy": envy-driven, envy-guilt, envy-management, envy-neutralising.

Ending with "envy": non-envy, penis-envy, womb-envy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Envy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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nail envy

19

envy pic porn star

6

club envy night

16

club detroit envy

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envy trailer

14

elements envy

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envy us.com

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envy picture

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envy jealousy

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envy quote

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gucci envy for man

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Modern Translations: Envy

Language Translations for "envy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

beny, afguns. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

zili (heartburning, jealousy), nakar (grudge), lakmoj (be keen on, covet), lakmi (avidity, covetousness, cupidity, eagerness, gluttony, greed, greediness), kam zili (begrudge, grudge, turn green), gjë që shkakton zili, ambicie (ambition, ambitiousness, go ahead). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏موضع حسد, ‏حسد (animosity, be jealous, begrudge, grudge, jealousy), ‏الحسد (pangs of jealous). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

обект на завист, завист (heartburning, jaundice, jealousy), завиждам (begrudge). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

羨慕 (admire, envious), (disease, hate, sickness), 嫉' , '嫉 (Envies). (various references)

   

Czech

  

závist (jealousy), závidìt (begrudge). (various references)

   

Danish

  

misundelse, misunde. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

misgunnen. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

envio, envii. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

øvund (jealousy). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kadehtia (grudge). (various references)

   

French

  

envier, envie. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

oergeunst. (various references)

   

German

  

beneiden (begrudge, grudge, to envy), neid (enviousness, jealousy), beneide. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φθονώ (begrudge, grudge), ζηλεύω (be jealous, envious of, jealous, jealous of). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לק א (be jealous, begrudge, grudge), ל"תק א, ק א" (grudge, jealousy), צרות עין (avarice, jealousy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

irigység (grudge, jaundice, jealousy, yellows). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

öfunda, öfund. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

iri hati (begrudge, covet, enviableous, spite), iri (begrudge), dengki (spite), cemburu (jealous). (various references)

   

Italian

  

invidiare (begrudge, grudge), invidia (endive, enviousness, jealousy). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

羨望 , 岡焼き (jealousy), 妬み (jealousy). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おかやき (jealousy), ねたみ (jealousy), せ"ぼう. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

질투 (Envies, heartburning). (various references)

   

Manx

  

troo (begrudging, grudge). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

være misunnelig på, være misunnelig. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

envidiá, envidia, kodisiá, kodisia, kodishi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

envyay

   

Portuguese

  

inveja (heartburn, hearten, Jean). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

invidia (begrudge, covet, grudge). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

зависть (green-eyed monster, grudge, heartburning, jealousy), завидовать (begrudge, covet). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

tnùth (bigotry, jealousy, malice), miosguinn, farmad. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zavist, zavideti (begrudge), ljubomora (jealousy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

envidiar (begrudge, grudge), envidia (heartburning, jealousy). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

dyarusu (jealous), big'ay. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avundas (bear a grudge, grudge), avund. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ริษยา, ความอิจฉา. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kıskanmak (be jealous, begrudge, hold a grudge), kıskançlık (jaundice, jealousy, the green-eyed monster), kıskanılan kimse, imrenmek (covet, desire, emulate), imrenme, haset (gloating, green-eyed, grudger, grudging, jaundice, jealousy, malice, the green-eyed monster), gözü kalmak (begrudge smb. smth., covet, hanker after), gıpta etmek (covet), gıpta edilen şey, gıpta, çekememezlik, çekememek (be unable to pull, be unable to take, be unable to tolerate, begrudge). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

iзigaralyk (evil), bahyllyk. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

заздрість (grudge, heartburn, heartburning, jealousy, yellows), заздрити (begrudge, grudge). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự thèm muốn (covetousness, craving, desire, hankering), sự ghen tị (green-eyed), sự đố kỵ vật l m người ta thèm muốn, người l m người ta ghen tị, lý do l m người ta thèm muốn, lý do l m người ta ghen tị. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

eiddigeddu (be jealous, have zeal), gorfynt (ambitious, jealous, jealousy, pride, proud), cynghorfynt (jealousy, malice), cenfigennu (be jealous), cenfigen (jealousy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Envy

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

aemulatus, eruginem, erugini, fascino, invidebant, invidebit, invidentes, invideruntque, invidet, invidia, invidit, invisa, invisus, livor, livore, livorem. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Envy

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 5, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAnastaV de o arciereuV kai panteV oi sun autw h ousa airesiV twn saddoukaiwn eplhsqhsan zhlou
Latin405VulgateExsurgens autem princeps sacerdotum et omnes qui cum illo erant quae est heresis Sadducaeorum repleti sunt zelo
Middle English1395WyclifBut the prince of preestis roos vp, and alle that weren with hym, that is the eresye of Saduceis, and weren fillid with enuye;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen ye chefe preste rose vp and all they that were with him (which is the secte of the Saduces) and were full of indignacion
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Victorian English1833WebsterThen the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him; (which is the sect of the Sadducees) and were filled with indignation,
Basic English1964OgdenBut the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

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Matched Bible Translations: Envy

LanguageActs Chapter 5, Verse 17
AlbanianAtëherë u ngritën kryeprifti dhe të gjithë ata që ishin me të, domethënë sekti i saducenjve, plot smirë,
Cebuano¶ Apan ang labawng sacerdote ug ang tanang kauban niya, nga mao ang pundok sa mga Saduceo, nanindog nga puno sa kasina,
CroatianOnda se podiže veliki sveæenik i sve njegove pristaše - sljedba saducejska.
DanishMen Ypperstepræsten stod op samt alle de, som holdt med ham, nemlig Saddukæernes Parti, og de bleve fulde af Nidkærhed.
FinnishSilloin nousi ylimmäinen pappi ja kaikki, jotka olivat hänen puolellansa, saddukeusten lahko, ja he tulivat kiihkoa täyteen
FrenchCependant le souverain sacrificateur et tous ceux qui étaient avec lui, savoir le parti des sadducéens, se levèrent, remplis de jalousie,
GermanEs stand aber auf der Hohepriester und alle, die mit ihm waren, welches ist die Sekte der Sadduzäer, und wurden voll Eifers
Haitian Creole¶ Lè sa a, yon sèl jalouzi pran granprèt la ansanm ak sadiseyen yo ki te patizan li.
HungarianDe felkelvén a fõpap és mind a kik vele valának, azaz a sadduczeusok felekezete, betelének irigységgel,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAkhirnya imam agung dan semua pengikut-pengikutnya, yaitu golongan orang-orang Saduki, mulai bertindak, karena mereka iri hati.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi Imam Besar itu berdirilah beserta dengan sekalian orangnya, yaitu mazhab orang Saduki, maka hatinya teramatlah dengki,
Maori¶ Me i reira ka whakatika te tohunga nui ratou ko ona hoa katoa, ara te wehenga ki nga Haruki, ki tonu hoki ratou i te hae,
NorwegianDa stod ypperstepresten op og alle de som holdt med ham, det var sadduseernes parti, og de blev fulle av nidkjærhet
RumanianKnsq marele preot wi toyi cei ce erau kmpreunq cu el, adicq partida Saducheilor, s`au sculat plini de pizmq,
RussianрЕТЧПУЧСЭЕООЙЛ ЦЕ Й У ОЙН ЧУЕ, ТЙОБ"МЕЦБЧЫЙЕ Л ЕТЕУЙ УБ""ХЛЕКУЛПК, ЙУ ПМОЙМЙУШ ЪБЧЙУФЙ,
Shuar¶ Israer-patri uuntri, tura Satuséu aencha niijiai pujuarmia nu suiir iiniak
SwahiliKisha, Kuhani Mkuu na wenzake waliokuwa wa kikundi cha Masadukayo wa mahali hapo, wakawaonea mitume wivu.
SwedishDå stod översteprästen upp och alla som höllo med honom -- de som hörde till sadducéernas parti -- och de uppfylldes av nitälskan
Uma¶ Nto'u toe, Imam Bohe hante doo-doo-na to mpotuku' tudui' to Saduki, mohingi' -ramo hi suro Pue' Yesus. Toe pai' ratepu'u-mi mpobalinai' -ra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Envy

Derivations

Words beginning with "envy": envying, envyingly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Envy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Benvie, denvy, eavy, Ecv, eency, eeny, ency, enfys, Enkyo, enny, enoy, enrvy, Enry, enty, enuy, env, envey, envi, envil, envry, envyr, envys, eny, enyd, Enyo, eov, erny, esv, euv, evay, evi, evie, evn, evp, Evvy, evy, henvy, invey, invy, lendvay, nev, nevvy, nv. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Envy

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-n-v-y"

-1 letter: yen.

-2 letters: en, ne, ye.

 Words containing the letters "e-n-v-y"
 

+1 letter: envoy, nervy, veiny.

 

+2 letters: convey, envoys, evenly, venery, vinery, wyvern.

 

+3 letters: conveys, duvetyn, envying, knavery, levying, naively, naivety, nervily, novelly, novelty, seventy, sylvine, valency, vandyke, venally, vixenly, wyverns.

 

+4 letters: bovinely, chevying, convexly, conveyed, conveyer, conveyor, convoyed, cravenly, deviancy, divinely, duvetyne, duvetyns, enviably, everyman, everymen, everyone, evonymus, fervency, heavenly, inverity, natively, overmany, provenly, reconvey, slovenly, solvency, sylvines, unevenly, unlively, unlovely, vandyked, vandykes, venality, vendibly, venially, venosity, venously, verdancy, vernally, vexingly, vicenary, vinegary, vineyard.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Envy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6E 76 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101110 01110110 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#110 &#118 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0076 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39808891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Derived from
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Derivations
21. Anagrams
22. Orthography
23. Bibliography


  

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