Word of the Day 07/15/21 Cupidity
Cupidity (noun)
cupidity [ kyoo-pid-i-tee ]
noun
1. eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.
OTHER WORDS FROM CUPIDITY
cu·pid·i·nous [kyoo-pid-n-uhs], adjective
WORDS RELATED TO CUPIDITY
longing, eagerness, voracity, hunger, rapacity, acquisitiveness, lust, yearning, avarice, passion, infatuation, avidity, rapaciousness, covetousness, craving, avariciousness, greediness, itching, possessiveness, graspingness
OTHER WORDS FOR CUPIDITY
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covetousness, avidity, hunger, acquisitiveness.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English cupidite (< Middle French ) < Latin cupiditās, equivalent to cupid(us) eager, desirous (cup(ere) to desire + -idus-id4) + -itās-ity
HOW TO USE CUPIDITY IN A SENTENCE
That maybe it’s not selfish cupidity that limits the application of the title.
GAIA, THE SCIENTIST - ISSUE 99: UNIVERSALITY|HOPE JAHREN|APRIL 7, 2021|NAUTILUS
The cupidity of a man had evidently led him to collect together these odds and ends, and try to turn them to profitable account.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCE|E. R. BILLINGS.
He rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.|THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
This colorless face expressed patience, commercial shrewdness, and the sort of wily cupidity which is needful in business.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET|HONORE DE BALZAC
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
cupidity [ kyoo-pid-i-tee ]
noun
1. eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.
OTHER WORDS FROM CUPIDITY
cu·pid·i·nous [kyoo-pid-n-uhs], adjective
WORDS RELATED TO CUPIDITY
longing, eagerness, voracity, hunger, rapacity, acquisitiveness, lust, yearning, avarice, passion, infatuation, avidity, rapaciousness, covetousness, craving, avariciousness, greediness, itching, possessiveness, graspingness
OTHER WORDS FOR CUPIDITY
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
covetousness, avidity, hunger, acquisitiveness.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English cupidite (< Middle French ) < Latin cupiditās, equivalent to cupid(us) eager, desirous (cup(ere) to desire + -idus-id4) + -itās-ity
HOW TO USE CUPIDITY IN A SENTENCE
That maybe it’s not selfish cupidity that limits the application of the title.
GAIA, THE SCIENTIST - ISSUE 99: UNIVERSALITY|HOPE JAHREN|APRIL 7, 2021|NAUTILUS
The cupidity of a man had evidently led him to collect together these odds and ends, and try to turn them to profitable account.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCE|E. R. BILLINGS.
He rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.|THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
This colorless face expressed patience, commercial shrewdness, and the sort of wily cupidity which is needful in business.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET|HONORE DE BALZAC
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.