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Definition of Covetable
1. a. That may be coveted; desirable.
Definition of Covetable
1. Adjective. Which may be coveted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Covetable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Covetable
Literary usage of Covetable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"... most covetable books in glass cases, never allowing them to be touched by any
visitor ; but he would occasionally indulge his friends by reading various ..."
2. The Library Companion, Or, The Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1825)
"There is truth, but not " the whole truth,1' in this avowal. * Among the " curious"
and " covetable" little tomes, take, ..."
3. The Bibliographical Decameron: Or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse Upon by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1817)
"The binding, too, in old red morocco—original, sound, and not inelegant-« who
can resist this ' covetable tome ? ' The same combatants again enter the lists ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"At least, ая long as there is room in the world to build palaces of art, and
dealers and workmen will go on making and selling covetable things and cabinets ..."
5. The Works by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1835)
"And our own prudence should hereupon advance one step further, and apprehend it
a most covetable thing, that the temper of our minds might comply with this ..."
6. A Few Thoughts for a Young Man by Horace Mann (1887)
"And however covetable a prize he may suppose wealth to be, let him never forget
that honesty is a prize infinitely more covetable. ..."
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