covetous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

kŭv'ət-əs /ˈkʌvətəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-covetous.wav

covetous more covetous most covetous

From Middle English coveitous, from Anglo-Norman *cuveitus, from Medieval Latin as if *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (“desire”); see covet.

acquisitive avaricious cormorant covetous edacious esurient grasping greedy miserable piggish miserly rapacious selfish sordid sharp-set voracious

covet

covetously covetousness overcovetous uncovetous

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