Definition of Covetousness
Cov´et`ous`ness
n.
1.
Strong
desire
.
When
workmen
strive
to
do
better
than
well
,
They
do
confound
their
skill
in
covetousness
.
- Shak.
2.
A
strong
or
inordinate
desire
of
obtaining
and
possessing
some
supposed
good
;
excessive
desire
for
riches
or
money
; -
in
a
bad
sense
.
Covetousness
,
by
a
greed
of
getting
more
,
deprivess
itself
of
the
true
end
of
getting
.
- Sprat.
Related Words
enviousness
,
envy
,
the
green-eyed
monster
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