Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒveitāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒveitāble adj. Also covetable. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Worthy of being desired, desirable.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Rolle Encom.Jesu (Hrl 1022)189 : Delitabul & couetabul [vr. couaytabill] es þo name of Ihesu.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)271 : It is coueitable to a man into the gendring or the contynuyng of such seid affeccioun to God.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)43/18 : As it is representid and perceyuyd in þe wittis vpon þe same þing, þat it is oonli coueytable or oonli refusable.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)113/35 : Phisyke ys non oþer þinge but abstinence & victory of couetable þinges.