a. [f. COVET + -ABLE. Cf. F. convoitable (Oresme 14th c.).] To be coveted or ardently desired; greatly desirable.

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c. 1340.  Hampole, Prose Tr. (1866), 3. Delitabill and couaytabill es þe name of Ihesu.

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c. 1477.  Caxton, Jason, 59 b. The most fayr … and the most couoytable of the foure.

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1611.  Cotgr., Convoitable, Couetable, fit to be coueted, or lusted after.

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1824.  Dibdin, Lib. Comp., 616. Mr. Drury’s copy continues to be a most covetable gem.

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1862.  Ruskin, Munera P. (1880), 30. The position … would hardly seem a covetable one.

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