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cupidity (kyoo PID i tee) (s) (noun), cupidities (pl)
A strong feeling of wanting much more than a person needs: Jake had a cupidity for wealth and powerful influences over other people.
Cupidity, not cherub cute,
It smells, rather, of ill-repute,
Though passion its seed,
It connotes bad greed,
Or avarice quite absolute.
—Dr. Chris Papa

As seen at "A Word a Day"; January 29, 1997; http://wordsmith.org/awad.

Greed and an abnormal desire for wealth.
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A strong wish to have more money than is necessary.
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Word Entries at Get Words: “cupidity”
cupidity (s) (kyoo PID i tee) (noun), cupidities (pl)
An excessive desire; especially, for wealth; covetousness or avarice.
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