covetous
/ˈkʌvətəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
Example Sentences
- "The couaitous deſyre of riche men is euer vnſaciable. It always raueneth and neuer is ſatisfied."
- "Intimate as she was with Lady Anne, she would not but see how little the Misses Granard had of the ordinary pleasures of their age—but it never entered into her head to add to them—had one of their sweet faces been seen in her box at the opera, it might have attracted that attention she was feverishly covetous of engrossing."
Etymology
From Middle English coveitous, from Anglo-Norman *cuveitus, from Medieval Latin as if *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (“desire”); see covet.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: coveitous, *cuveitus, -, cupiditas
Inflected Forms
more covetous (comparative)
most covetous (superlative)