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covetousness
English
Etymology
covetous +? -ness
Noun
covetousness (usually uncountable, plural covetousnesses)
- Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
- 1588, Jean La Placette, Of the Incurable Scepticism of the Church of Rome
- He which will yield to Fear. mu?t nece??arily yield to Covetou?ne?s or any inordinate De?ire.
- 1661, J. Johnson, The morning-exercise at Cripple-gate
- Covetou?ne?s is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ari?es from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chri?tian is dull'd and deadned.
- 1815, Samuel Lavington Sermons and other discourses, Volume 1
- Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.
- 1976, Jacques Ellul, The Ethics of Freedom page 134
- In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness...
- 1588, Jean La Placette, Of the Incurable Scepticism of the Church of Rome
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:greed
Translations
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gluttony
English
Etymology
Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie < Latin glutio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?.t?n.i/
Noun
gluttony (countable and uncountable, plural gluttonies)
- The vice of eating to excess.
Related terms
- glut
- glutton
- gluttonous
- gluttonry
Translations
See also
- alimentiveness
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