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covetious

covetious adjective: covetous.

Adjective

covetious (comparative more covetious, superlative most covetious)

  1. (obsolete, proscribed) Covetous.

Forms of covetious

comparativemore covetious
superlativemost covetious

Questions about covetious

What does covetious mean?
Covetious means covetous.
What part of speech is covetious?
Covetious is an adjective.

Words near covetious in the dictionary

  1. covetest
  2. coveteth
  3. coveting
  4. covetingly
  5. covetings
  6. covetious
  7. covetise
  8. covetive
  9. covetiveness
  10. covetous
  11. covetously

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