covetous

Meaning

Adjective

  • Extremely keen or desirous, especially to obtain and possess something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

Origin

  • From Middle English coveitous, from Anglo-Norman *cuveitus, from Medieval Latin as if *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas ("desire"); see covet.

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