Phrenol. Obs. [See -IVE.] = ACQUISITIVENESS.
1815. Spurzheim, Physiogn. Syst., Pref. 10. I know that covetiveness is a pleonasm, but this fault is observed in many other words…. I have added iveness solely for the sake of uniformity.
1821. New Monthly Mag., II. 596. She has the organ of covetiveness, and steal she must.
1827. Hone, Every-day Bk., II. 1123. Were these ‘stolen’ looks occasioned by ‘covetiveness,’ or ‘self-love?’
