covetous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

adjective showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
adjective immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

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

O covetous and voracious death! — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
The covetous are poor givers. — Aesop's Fables; a new translation, Aesop
Soldier, a covetous, a monster, 82. — Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

envious, jealous

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