covetise

covetise
Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.

Strife; and debate, bloudshed, and bitternesse, / Outrageous wrong, and hellish couetize, / That noble heart as great dishonour doth despize.


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  • coveitise — var. of covetise covetousness …   Useful english dictionary

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