covetise means covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
covetise is pronounced /ˈkʌvɪtaɪz/.
Why “covetise” is a great word
COVETISE — [Noun] An excessive or inordinate desire for something, especially wealth. From Middle English coveitise, from Old French coveitise, from coveitier (“to covet”). Unlike avarice, which denotes a miserly hoarding of material gain, or ambition, which suggests a strong, often neutral drive for achievement, covetise is the broader, archaic sin of a ravenous heart. It is the cold fixation on a neighbor’s field, the scent of a rival’s feast carried on the wind, and the hollow-eyed study of another’s happiness as if it were a ledger of personal debt—a hunger that corrodes the soul by making tangible what it can never rightfully hold.
Etymology
From Old French coveitise.
noun
- 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.”