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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos F. convoiteux See {Covet}, v. t.] 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. Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See {Avaricious}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: covetous adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" [syn: {envious}, {jealous}] 2: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}]
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