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COVETOUSNESSES
Noun
covetousnesses
plural of covetousness
Source: Wiktionary
COVETOUSNESS
Cov"et*ous*ness, n.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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