Middle English Dictionary Entry
cūpiditẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cūpiditẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | AF; cp. F cupidité & L cupiditas. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Covetousness, cupidity.
Associated quotations
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)633 : Allas, cupidite [rime: me] That they that have here lyves put in drede Schalbe sone oute of wynnynge al for mede.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)107/8 : Of..forsaking of all cupidite [L cupiditatis].