covetousness
co·ve·tous·ness
noun
3.
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Origin
From Middle English covatusnes, covetousnes, coveytousnesse; equivalent to covetous + -ness.
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