1. covetous - Adjective
2. covetous - Verb
3. covetous - Adjective Satellite
Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWho is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough. Basil of Caesarea
Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous. Thomas Browne
If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment. Frances Wright
A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred. Spanish Proverb
The covetous person is always in want. Irish Proverb
Covetous men's chests are rich, not they. Chinese Proverb