Cupidity
[kjuː'pɪdɪtɪ] or [kju'pɪdəti]
Definition
(n.) A passionate desire; love.
(n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness
Typist: Veronica
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Longing, lust, strong desire.[2]. Avarice, covetousness, inordinate desire of wealth.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness, stinginess
ANT:Prodigality, extravagance, liberality
Checker: Virgil
Definition
n. covetousness.—n. Cū′pid the god of love.
Checker: Mara
Unserious Contents or Definition
A driver of sharp deals.
Checker: Zelig
Examples
- How disentangle the passion for equality from the passion of cupidity, when begins the fight for equality of possessions? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- If I had penned some _Quarterly_ cupidity, He would have gladly borne with its stupidity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Seething mobs of men marched about, their faces lighted up as for holy war, with a smoke of cupidity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These people hated me with the hatred of cupidity and disappointment. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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