cupidity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extreme greed for material wealth
    avarice; covetousness; avariciousness.

WordNet

Cu*pid"i*ty noun
Etymology
F. cupidite, L. cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long for, desire. See Covet.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913