covetous

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One would go down to Cobham, eager to talk to "Uncle Matt" about a book or an article--covetous, at any rate, of some talk with him undisturbed.

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  1. adjective Excessively and culpably desirous of the possessions of another. See Synonyms at jealous.
  2. adjective Marked by extreme desire to acquire or possess: covetous of learning.

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  • We may assert, that never, even when his life was at stake, did he truckle to the base, covetous, and sanguinary passions which displayed themselves on all sides. —  Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men
  • Now do not be vexed with me if my grateful appreciation of your skill should prove somewhat covetous, and I again ask you to do me a favor. —  Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End"
  • He was ambitious as well as covetous, and the rivals endeavoured to satisfy his ambitions with matrimonial prizes. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Henri VIII - A.F. Pollard
  • A giant lived a great many miles off, who was altogether as wicked as your father was good; he was envious, covetous, and cruel, but had the art of concealing these vices Hearing your father spoken of, he formed the design of becoming acquainted with him, hoping to ingratiate himself into your father's favour. —  Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk
  • The Lord has caused us to see this example that we might know that these people are still covetous, and that almost all of them are attached to the world and to themselves--that is, they are worldly people, which shows the holiness of the spirit by which they are actuated! —  Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
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  1. from Middle English coveitous, covaitous, covetous, covetus, etc., from Anglo-French *cuveitus, coveitus, Old French covoitous, French convoiteux = Provencal cobeitos, cubitos (cf. Spanish codicioso = Portuguese cobiçoso) = Italian cubitoso, from Middle Latin as if *cupiditosus (cf. cupidiosus, cupidinosus), from Latin cupidita(t-)s, desire: see covet.
 

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