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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cupidity \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cupidity n : extreme greed for material wealth [syn: {avarice}, {avariciousness}, {covetousness}]
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