covetise

C3O1V4E1T1I1S1E1
/ˈkʌvɪtaɪz/

noun

Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.

OriginOld French coveitise →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nouncovetise (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableCovetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.

    Strife; and debate, bloudshed, and bitternesse, Outrageous wrong, and hellish couetize, That noble heart as great dishonour doth despize.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
greedmiseryrapaciousnessrapacityravin

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcoveitise
  2. Englishcovetise

From Old French coveitise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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