coveitable (c.1136-65)
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coveitable (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  cupiditas 2/ii,1552a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  covoitable 9,237a TL: covoitable 2,1000 DEAF:  covoit (covoitable)  DMF:  convoitable  TLF:  convoiter  OED:  covetable a.  MED:  coveitable a.  DMLBS: ∅
coveytable  

a.

1 covetable, desirable: 
( MS: c.1320-40 ) physik n’est autre chose fors abstinence e victorye des choses coveytables  92r
2covetous: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  E fol, com longues coveitable Serrunt de ço ki est nuisable?  1111
coveitement  coveiter  coveitie  coveitise  coveitus 
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