Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AM-BI'TIOUS, a.

1. Desirous of power, honor, office, superiority or excellence; aspiring; eager for fame; followed by of before a noun; as, ambitious of glory.
2. Showy; adapted to command notice or praise; as, ambitious ornaments.
3. Figuratively, eager to swell or rise higher; as, the ambitious ocean. – Shak.