cupidity

== English == === Etymology === From French cupidité, from Latin cupiditās (“strong desire”), from cupidus (“keen, desirous”). Compare Cupid. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kjuːˈpɪdəti/ === Noun === cupidity (countable and uncountable, plural cupidities) Extreme greed, especially for wealth. 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (extreme greed): avarice, covetousness; see also Thesaurus:greed ==== Related terms ==== cupid ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === pudicity