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covetous
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Covetous
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cov·et·ous
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ˈkʌv
ɪ
təs
/
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kuhv
-i-t
uh
s
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adjective
1.
inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
2.
eagerly desirous.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
coveitous
<
Anglo-French,
Old French;
see
covet
,
-ous
Related forms
cov·et·ous·ly,
adverb
cov·et·ous·ness,
noun
non·cov·et·ous,
adjective
non·cov·et·ous·ly,
adverb
non·cov·et·ous·ness,
noun
o·ver·cov·et·ous,
adjective
o·ver·cov·et·ous·ly,
adverb
o·ver·cov·et·ous·ness,
noun
un·cov·et·ous,
adjective
un·cov·et·ous·ly,
adverb
un·cov·et·ous·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
grasping, rapacious. See
avaricious
.
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World English Dictionary
covetous
(ˈkʌvɪtəs)
—
adj
(and foll by
of
)
jealously eager for the possession of something (esp the property of another person)
'covetously
—
adv
'covetousness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
covetous
c.1300, from O.Fr. coveitus, from L. *cupiditosus, from cupiditas (see
covet
). Related: Covetousness (late 15c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Few restaurateurs are as openly
covetous
of the guide's stars.
The plot's menace is personified by a
covetous
store owner who hopes to exploit
the cheetah at the local dog races.
Food for thought for neocolonialists as much as all the
covetous
warmongers out
there.
There was a bit of account action of interest to those of
covetous
bent.
It still draws compliments and
covetous
looks, and these seem to increase year by year.
Thereupon they fixed
covetous
glances upon the village school-house.
But the whites of the area turned a
covetous
eye on their farms and the irrigation ditches they had dug.
The proud shall be filled with utter confusion, and the
covetous
shall be pinched with miserable poverty.
It would make any poet proud and any book lover
covetous
.
If it were only for a vocabulary the scholar would be
covetous
of action.
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