cupidity
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ɪ noun
eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.
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cupidity (kjuːˈpɪdɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| strong desire, esp for possessions or money; greed | |
| [C15: from Latin cupiditās, from cupidus eagerly desiring, from cupere to long for] | |
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Word Origin & History
cupidity
mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. cupidite, from M.Fr. cupidité, from L. cupiditas "passionate desire," from cupidus "eager, passionate," from cupere "to desire" (perhaps cognate with Skt. kupyati "bubbles up, becomes agitated," O.Slav. kypeti "to boil," Lith. kupeti "to boil over"). Despite the erotic
sense of the Latin word, in English cupidity originally, and still especially, means "desire for wealth."
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