亚洲网紅露点

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covetous

[ kuhv-i-tuhs ]

adjective

  1. inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. eagerly desirous.


covetous

/ 藞办蕦惫瑟迟蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. usually postpositiveand foll byof jealously eager for the possession of something (esp the property of another person)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠辞惫别迟辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞肠辞惫别迟辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • non路肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 辞路惫别谤路肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • o路ver路肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • un路肠辞惫路别迟路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of covetous1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English coveitous, from Anglo-French, Old French; covet, -ous
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For a very long time, other nations have been sizing up California with a covetous eye.

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Consider Second Timothy, 3: 2: 鈥淔or men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.鈥

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Hammons seems like the victor in his attempt to satirize not so much the transaction of art for dollars but the covetous, oblivious, entitled nature of certain transactors.

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In yoga, I watched, covetous and profusely sweating, as people around me in class pointed their toes skyward and inverted.

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But if I am not covetous, it is because I have all I need.

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