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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Covetousness \Cov"et*ous*ness\, noun
1. Strong desire. [R.]
When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. --Shak.
2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.
Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat.
Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
covetousness
noun
1: an envious eagerness to possess something
2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: {avarice}, {avariciousness}, {cupidity}]
3: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {avarice}, {greed}, {rapacity}, {avaritia}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Covetousness a strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Col. 3:5; Eph. 5:5; Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Matt. 6:20). It assumes sometimes the more aggravated form of avarice, which is the mark of cold-hearted worldliness.
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