Meaning of RAPACITY
| Pronunciation: | | ru'pasitee
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- [n] reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- [n] extreme gluttony
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| | Synonyms: | | avarice, avaritia, covetousness, edacity, esurience, greed, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity |
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| | See Also: | | deadly sin, gluttony, mortal sin | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ra*pac"i*ty\, n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacite. See
{Rapacious}.]
1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness;
ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of
wolves.
2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive
injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. ``The rapacity
of some ages.'' --Sprat.
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