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covetable, a.|ˈkʌvɪtəb(ə)l|
[f. covet + -able. Cf. F. convoitable (Oresme 14th c.).]
To be coveted or ardently desired; greatly desirable.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 3 Delitabill and couaytabill es þe name of Ihesu. c1477Caxton Jason 59 b, The most fayr..and the most couoytable of the foure. 1611Cotgr., Convoitable, Couetable, fit to be coueted, or lusted after. 1824Dibdin Lib. Comp. 616 Mr. Drury's copy continues to be a most covetable gem. 1862Ruskin Munera P. (1880) 30 The position..would hardly seem a covetable one. |