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  • 11covetous — adjective /ˈkʌvətəs/ Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious; See Also: covet …

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  • 12concupiscent — a. 1. Full of ill regulated passion, inordinately desirous, morbidly passionate, depraved in appetite or cravings. 2. Lustful, lecherous, libidinous, lascivious, salacious, lickerish, prurient, rampant, carnal …

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  • 13covetous — covetously, adv. covetousness, n. /kuv i teuhs/, adj. 1. inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy. 2. eagerly desirous. [1250 1300; ME coveitous < AF, OF; see COVET, OUS] Syn. 1. grasping, rapacious. See avaricious. * * * …

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  • 14covetous — /ˈkʌvətəs/ (say kuvuhtuhs) adjective 1. inordinately or wrongly desirous. 2. eagerly desirous, especially of another person s possessions. {Middle English, from Old French coveitos, from Latin cupiditas desire} –covetously, adverb –covetousness,&#8230; …

  • 15covet — verb Etymology: Middle English coveiten, from Anglo French coveiter, from Vulgar Latin *cupidietare, from Latin cupiditat , cupiditas desire, from cupidus desirous, from cupere to desire Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to wish for earnestly …

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  • 16Alexander Severus — 26th Emperor of the Roman Empire Bust of Severus Alexander Reign 222 – 18 / 19 March 235 …

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  • 17Parinirvana — The death of the Buddha, or Mahaparinirvana, Gandhara 2 3rd century. In Buddhism, parinirvana (Sanskrit: परिनिर्वाण parinirvāṇa; Pali: परिनिब्बाण …

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