Hyphenation of emulous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word emulous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

emu-lous

Definitions of emulous:

1.	Characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
2.	Eager to surpass others

Synonyms of emulous:

adj	imitation
adj	rivalrous, competitive, competitory

Last hyphenations of this language

decompensation heighth prediscount equableness pauper-breeding dimness tremelliform violence tutelage squegged dimmish puristic berginization ungeneralized sack-shaped pissed heathenness Puerto bird-dogging

Hyphenator

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