pleonexia

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods. uncountable,usually
    — There are two words in the Greek which set forth the nature of covetousness: 1. Pleonexia, which signifies an 'insatiable desire of getting the world.' Covetousness is a dry dropsy.

词形变化

pleonexias plural

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλεονεξία (pleonexía, “greediness”).
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