ETYM Latin aviditas, from avidus: cf. French avidité. Related to Avid.
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire.
ETYM French, from Latin concupiscentia.
Sexual lust; carnal passion.
Strong desire, appetite or lust.
ETYM Old Eng. corage heart, mind, will, courage, Old Fren. corage, French courage, from a Late Lat. derivative of Latin cor heart. Related to Heart.
A quality of spirit that enables one to face danger of pain without showing fear; SYN. courageousness, bravery.
ETYM French cupidite, Latin cupiditas, from cupidus longing, desiring, from cupere to long for, desire. Related to Covet.
1. A passionate desire; love.
2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
Avarice.
ETYM French désir, from désirer. Related to Desire.
1. An inclination to want things.
2. Something that is desired.
3. The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.
ETYM Akin to Goth. grędus hunger, Icel. grâthr. Related to Greedy.
Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp. material wealth) than one needs or deserves.
ETYM as. lust, lust, pleasure, longing; akin to os., Dutch, German, and Swed. lust, Dan. and Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh. tom Skr. lush to desire, or to Eng. loose. Related to List to please, Listless.
Self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins); SYN. luxuria.