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What (who) is cupidity - definition
Little Billy movies; Little Billy's Triumph; Little Billy's Strategy; Little Billy's City Cousin; Billy's Cupidity; Little Mr. Fixer; Little Billy Serials; Little Billy serials; Little Billy Films
cupidity
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INSATIABLE LONGING FOR MATERIAL GAIN
Covetousness; Avarice; Greed (emotion); Money-grabbing; Cupidity; Plutomania; Greed (sin); Greeds; Avaritia; Peniaphobic; Peniaphobe; Rapacity
n.
1.
Longing, hankering, greed, lust, strong desire.
2.
Avarice, covetousness, inordinate desire of wealth.
Cupidity
INSATIABLE LONGING FOR MATERIAL GAIN
Covetousness; Avarice; Greed (emotion); Money-grabbing; Cupidity; Plutomania; Greed (sin); Greeds; Avaritia; Peniaphobic; Peniaphobe; Rapacity
·noun A passionate desire; love.
II. Cupidity ·noun Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
cupidity
INSATIABLE LONGING FOR MATERIAL GAIN
Covetousness; Avarice; Greed (emotion); Money-grabbing; Cupidity; Plutomania; Greed (sin); Greeds; Avaritia; Peniaphobic; Peniaphobe; Rapacity
[kju:'p?d?ti]
¦ noun greed for money or possessions.
Origin
ME: from OFr. cupidite or L. cupiditas, from cupidus 'desirous', from cupere 'to desire'.
Wikipedia
Little Billy films
The Little Billy films are a series of short films revolving around the character of a small boy, "Little Billy", portrayed by Billy Jacobs. Four films were made in 1914 and 1915: Little Billy's Triumph (1914), Little Billy's Strategy (1914), Little Billy's City Cousin (1914), and Billy's Cupidity (1915) (known as a Little Mr. Fixer outside of the United States). The shorts also starred Gordon Griffith, Charlotte Fitzpatrick, and Thelma Salter as regulars. Keystone Kop Edgar Kennedy appears in the first film. Little Billy's Triumph was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
Examples of use of cupidity
1. They are growing ever more impatient in the face of the irksome combination of Scots cupidity and ingratitude.
2. The insolent indifference and open cupidity of the grasping ingrate you undoubtedly are was palpable to all – not merely myself.
3. The insolent indifference and open cupidity of the grasping ingrate you undoubtedly are was palpable to all - not merely myself.
4. But of course, as is always the case with Cherie, it is important to remember that vying with her desire for revenge is her legendary cupidity.
5. Allowing the government to wriggle off that hook required monumental cupidity – which, in putting forward five donors for seven peerages claimed, he nimbly achieved.