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acquisitiveness

noun

Etymology

From acquisitive + -ness.

  1. derived from acquisītus — “acquired, gained”
  2. suffixed as acquisitiveness — “acquisitive + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being acquisitive

    The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

  2. The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

The neighborhood

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