Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.
Shak.
Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral.
Emerson.
The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
South.
Syn. -- Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See Avaricious.