Definition/Meaning of ambitious

• English - Adjective: ambitious ( comparative ambitiouser or more ambitious , superlative ambitiousest or most ambitious ) Possessing , or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power , honor , office , superiority , or distinction . 1891 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , "The Man with the Twisted Lip ," As I grew richer I grew more ambitious , took a house in the country , and eventually married ,…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English ambitious , from Old French * ambitieus , from Latin ambitiosus , from ambitio ; see ambition . Compare with French ambitieux .
• English - Pronunciation: ( US ) IPA (key) : /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ Rhymes: -ɪʃəs
• English - References: “ambitious” in An American Dictionary of the English Language , by Noah Webster , 1828. ambitious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 “ambitious” in Dictionary . com Unabridged , v1 . 0 . 1 , Lexico Publishing Group , 2006. “ambitious” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary , North American Edition (2007) "ambitious" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus…