COVETOUS Meaning of COVETOUS in English adj. (usu. foll. by of) 1. greatly desirous (esp. of another person's property). 2 grasping, avaricious. Derivatives: covetously adv. covetousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF coveitous f. Gallo-Roman Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012