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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An eager desire to possess something; inordinate desire; immoderate craving, especially for wealth or power; greed.
  2. n. Specifically, sexual love.
  3. n. Synonyms Covetousness, Cupidity, etc. (see avarice), craving, hankering, grasping, lust for wealth, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Extreme greed, especially for wealth.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A passionate desire; love.
  2. n. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. extreme greed for material wealth

Etymologies

  1. From French cupidité, from Latin cupiditās ("strong desire"), from cupidus ("keen, desirous"). Compare Cupid. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English cupidite, from Old French, from Latin cupiditās, from cupidus, desiring, from cupere, to desire. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • rolig Citation at cleansed. Dec 13, 2008

  • padawan cupidity: greed
    cupido: deity that provokes love among humans. Jan 29, 2008

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