different between cupidity vs avariciousness
cupidity
English
Etymology
From French cupidité, from Latin cupidit?s (“strong desire”), from cupidus (“keen, desirous”). Compare Cupid.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kju??p?d?ti/
Noun
cupidity (countable and uncountable, plural cupidities)
- Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the First, page 11 ?ISBN
- His affairs, however, were not allowed to subside thus quietly, and people were quite as much inclined to talk about the disinterested sacrifice he had made, as they had before been to upbraid him for his cupidity.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 784:
- It was easy to dissimulate and disperse these modest purchases in such a way as not to excite the cupidity of any passing patrols.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the First, page 11 ?ISBN
Synonyms
- (extreme greed): avarice, covetousness; see also Thesaurus:greed
Related terms
- cupid
Translations
Anagrams
- pudicity
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avariciousness
English
Etymology
avaricious +? -ness
Noun
avariciousness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being avaricious.
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