MEANING
An excessive desire to acquire money or possessions.
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- naked cupidity
- cupidity for wealth
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Naked cupidity shone through the polite request.
Their cupidity for wealth made the warning sound like an obstacle to profit.
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Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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