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Webster 1913 Edition
Covetousness
Cov′et-ous-ness
,Noun.
1.
Strong desire.
[R.]
When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in
They do confound their skill in
covetousness
. Shakespeare
2.
A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; – in a bad sense.
Syn. – Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Covetousness
COVETOUSNESS
,Noun.
1.
A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; usually in a bad sense, and applied to an inordinate desire of wealth or avarice.Out of the heart proceedeth covetousness. Mark 7.
Mortify your members--and covetousness which is idolatry. Colossians 3.
2.
Strong desire; eagerness.