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covetise

/ˈkʌvɪtaɪz/

covetise noun: covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.

Noun

covetise (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Covetousness; 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

Origin of covetise

From Old French coveitise.

Questions about covetise

What does covetise mean?
Covetise means covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
What part of speech is covetise?
Covetise is a noun.
How do you pronounce covetise?
Covetise is pronounced /ˈkʌvɪtaɪz/.

Words near covetise in the dictionary

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

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