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Webster 1913 Edition

(k?v′?t-?s)

Adj.

[OF.

coveitos

, F.

convoiteux

. See

Verb.

]

Very desirous; eager to obtain; – used in a good sense.

[Archaic]

Covetous

of wisdom and fair virtue.

Shakespeare

Covetous

death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral.

Emerson.

Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; – in a bad sense.

Syn. – Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See

Adj.

Very desirous; eager to obtain; in a good sense; as covetous of wisdom, virtue or learning.

Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; directed to money or goods, avaricious.

A bishop must not be covetous. 1 Timothy 3.