Covetousness
Pronunciation : Cov"et*ous*ness
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Strong desire. [R.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak.
2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense. Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat.
Syn. -- Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913