Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Covetous"
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) 1.7 (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"; "he
was green with envy" [syn: {envious}, {jealous}, {green}]
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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