Covetous — Defs

01 a. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

1.
Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.[Archaic]
“Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.” — Shak.

“Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral.” — Emerson.
2.
Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
“The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.” — South.