COVETOUS


Meaning of COVETOUS in English

adj. (usu. foll. by of) 1 greatly desirous (esp. of another person's property). 2 grasping, avaricious. covetously adv. covetousness n.

[ ME f. OF coveitous f. Gallo-Roman ]

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