Covetous /(k?v"?t-?s)/

Cov·et·ous

Covetous

a.
  1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [Archaic]
    Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.
    Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral.
  2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
    The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.