covetern.
/ˈkʌvɪtə/ One who covets or is given to coveting.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > one who has inordinate desire
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c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 262 The couetour that was so nyce.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. x. 6 We ben not coueyteris of yuelis.
a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 326 Covoiters of newelties and busy bodies.
1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 272 Of these flowers the European women at the Cape are great coveters.
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 32/1 The coveters of his tenement.
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