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covetous

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkʌvətəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceoostuvStarts with CEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g.

  2. wealth

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • The couaitous deſyre of riche men is euer vnſaciable. It always raueneth and neuer is ſatisfied.

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