covetess

C3O1V4E1T1E1S1S1

noun

A woman who covets; a coveter.

Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. uncommonA woman who covets; a coveter.

    “The girl is showing herself to be the backstabbing covetess she really is.” “Covetess?” XA asked. “One who covets,” Dagoola explained […]

    2008, Rod Sanford, Dying Hard in the Big Easy: A Lemon Boy Phillips Mystery, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57
    1 more example

    ... or possibly humiliating the coveter or covetess. To avoid being kicked in the rear by a stubborn cow, donkey, horse, or mule not wishing to be stolen.

    , Lori Aronson, How To Lead The Universes

Origin

From covet + -ess.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

covetess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covetess

MLA

“covetess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covetess. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “covetess,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covetess.

Source: covetess on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.