Am-bi'tiŏŭs, a.

(-bĭsh'us), a. [Lat. ambitiosus, Fr. ambitieux.] 1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. Shak. 2. Strongly desirous;—followed by of before a noun. [Rare.] I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony. Evelyn. 3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating ambition; as, an ambitious style. A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless race, From off its wide, ambitious base. Collins.