Cupidity \Cu*pid"i*ty\ (k?-p?d"?-t?), n. [F. cupidite, L.
cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long
for, desire. See Covet.]
1. A passionate desire; love. [Obs.]
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2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed
of gain; avarice; covetousness.
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With the feelings of political distrust were mingled
those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the
fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of
the accursed race of Ishmael. --Prescott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cupidity
n : extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness,
covetousness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "cupidity":
acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness,
covetousness, craving, desire, eagerness, frenzy of desire,
fury of desire, gluttony, grasping, graspingness, greed,
greediness, hoggishness, incontinence, infatuation,
inordinate desire, insatiability, insatiable desire,
intemperateness, itching palm, lust, overgreediness, passion,
piggishness, possessiveness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness,
sordidness, swinishness, voraciousness, voracity, wolfishness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
avarice, avariciousness, covetousness
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