n. 1. Strong desire. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ] Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat. Syn. -- Avarice; cupidity; eagerness. [ 1913 Webster ] |