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.