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9,110- Covetous
- Covetously
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Covetous
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [Archaic] Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak. Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. Emerson.
2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world. South.
Synonyms: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See Avaricious.