acquisitive

adj
/əˈkwɪzətɪv/

Etymology

From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.

  1. derived from acquisītus — “acquired, gained

Definitions

  1. Acquired.

  2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions

    Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.

    • He is an acquisitive person.
    • She has an acquisitive nature.
  3. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for acquisitive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA