Definition for COV'E'T-OUS

COV'E'T-OUS, a. [Fr. convoiteux.]

  1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; in a good sense; as, covetous of wisdom, virtue or learning. – Taylor. Shak.
  2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; directed to money or goods, avaricious. A bishop then must not be covetous. – 1 Tim. iii.

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