covetous
pronunciation
How to pronounce covetous in British English:
UK [ˈkʌvətəs]
How to pronounce covetous in American English:
US [ˈkʌvətəs]
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- Adjective:
- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Word Origin
- covetous (adj.)
- mid-13c., from Old French coveitos (12c., Modern French convoiteux) "desirous, covetous," from Vulgar Latin *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (see covet). Related: Covetously; covetousness.
Example
- 1. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself .
- 2. While covetous is the obsession with things , the object of envy is that which another has whether material thing or not .
- 3. A covetous man is good to none but worse to .
- 4. A covetous man is good to none , but worst to himself .
- 5. If money be not you servant , it will be your master . The covetous man can not so properly be said to possess wealth , as that may be said to possess him .