An archaic or obsolete noun meaning covetousness; the intense desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another.
From Old French covoitise, from coveitier (to covet). This noun form was common in Middle English and early Modern English but declined as 'covetousness' became preferred.
This word appears throughout the King James Bible and Chaucer—covetise was so powerful they listed it as one of the seven deadly sins, making it a word with serious spiritual weight.
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