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Definitions for: Covetousness [n] reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] extreme greed for material wealth
[n] an envious eagerness to possess something
Webster (1913) Definition: Cov"et*ous*ness, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.]
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.
Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
Synonyms: avarice, avarice, avariciousness, avaritia, cupidity, greed, rapacity
See Also: deadly sin, enviousness, envy, greed, mortal sin, the green-eyed monster
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