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Word of the Day for Monday, July 14, 2008 cupidity \kyoo-PID-uh-tee\, noun: Eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice. Curiosity was a form of lust, a wandering cupidity of the eye and the mind. -- John Crowley, "Of Marvels And Monsters", Washington Post, October 18, 1998 At the end, all but rubbing his hands with cupidity, Rockefeller declares he will now promote abstract art--it's better for business. -- Stuart Klawans, "Rock in a Hard Place", The Nation, December 27, 1999 This strain of cupidity sprang from the mean circumstances of his youth in the Finger Lakes district of upstate New York. -- Jack Beatty, "A Capital Life", New York Times, May 17, 1998 For such is human cupidity that we Thoroughbreds have but one chance to survive it -- to run so fast and to win so much money that we are retired in comfort in our declining days. -- William Murray, "From the Horse's Mouth", New York Times, August 8, 1993 Myself, I have always believed that BMWs achieve their presence (and their grip on the collective imagination and cupidity of the middle classes) because they combine an athletic, masculine bulk and stance with feminine details and lines. -- Stephen Bayley, "The evolution of the curve", Independent, October 22, 1998 Cupidity ultimately comes from Latin cupiditas, from cupidus, "desirous," from cupere, "to desire." It is related to Cupid, the Roman god of love. Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for cupidity Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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