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单词 covetable
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covetableadj.

/ˈkʌvɪtəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < covet v. + -able suffix. Compare French convoitable (Oresme 14th cent.).
To be coveted or ardently desired; greatly desirable.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirable > exceedingly desirable
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c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 3 Delitabill and couaytabill es þe name of Ihesu.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 79 The most fayr..& the most couoytable of the foure.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Convoitable, Couetable, fit to be coueted, or lusted after.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 616 Mr. Drury's copy continues to be a most covetable gem.
1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 30 The position..would hardly seem a covetable one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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