Emulous /(?)/

Em·u·lous

Emulous

a.
  1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
  2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
    Emulous missions 'mongst the gods.