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Cupidity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cupidity? [n] extreme greed for material wealth Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cupidity: avarice \| avariciousness \| covetousness Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| greed Cupidity In Webster's Dictionary \Cupid"ity\ (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.] 2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness. 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.

Cupidity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cupidity?

[n] extreme greed for material wealth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cupidity: avarice | avariciousness | covetousness

See Also | greed

Cupidity In Webster's Dictionary

\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.]

2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed
   of gain; avarice; covetousness.

         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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