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covetous : 英英辞書
Cov"etous
(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; miserly; niggardly. See Avaricious.



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