Definition of Cupidety
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- extreme greed
The conqueror's cupidity created economic problems in the kingdom.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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