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Webster 1913 Edition

Cupidity

Cu-pid′i-ty

(k?-p?d′?-t?)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cupidity

CUPIDITY

,
Noun.
[L., to desire, to covet.] An eager desire to possess something; an ardent wishing or longing; inordinate or unlawful desire of wealth or power. It is not used, I believe, for the animal appetite, like lust or concupiscence, but for desire of the mind.
No property is secure when it becomes large enough to tempt the cupidity of indigent power.

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