cupidity

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Now his cupidity was aroused.

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  1. noun Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.

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  1. Middle English cupidite, from Old French, from Latin cupiditās, from cupidus, desiring, from cupere, to desire.

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  1. from French cupidité = Provencal cupiditat = Italian cupidità, from Latin cupidita(t-)s, desire, covetousness, from cupidus, desirous, from cupere, desire: see covet.
 

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/kjuˈpɪdəti/
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