acquisitivenessn.

Brit.

/əˈkwɪzᵻtᵻvnᵻs/, U.S.

/əˈkwɪzᵻdᵻvnᵻs/,

/æˈkwɪzᵻdᵻvnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acquisitive adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < acquisitive adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being acquisitive; spec. †one of the ‘faculties’ to which phrenologists assigned a special ‘organ’ or region of the brain (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [noun] > faculty of acquisitiveness

covetiveness1815

acquisitiveness1826

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions

greediness1154

greedilaikc1175

yissingc1275

covetise1297

covetingc1315

winningheadc1315

concupiscencec1340

avaricec1386

greedy worm1430

cupidity1436

covetousness1526

avariciousness1560

greed1609

an itching palma1616

gripulousness1633

havingness1646

avarition1661

my-ness1662

aviditya1680

gripingness1683

ingordigiousnessa1734

graspingness1747

accumulativeness1821

acquisitiveness1826

pleonexia1858

possessiveness1864

over-greed1867

appropriativeness1882

1826 Edinb. Rev. 94 271 Because avarice is a vice of pretty common occurrence, it is raised into an original attribute of our nature, by the name of Acquisitiveness.

1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 143 Civilization takes the heart and sticks it beside the head, just where Spurzheim finds the organ of acquisitiveness.

1836 T. Jarrold Instinct & Reason 257 Whether the love of money, (acquisitiveness)..has a prescribed seat in the brain, or whether the heart may not contend with the head for its residence, are probably not yet ascertained.

1848 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. & Misc. 10 129 Dr. Francois Joseph Gall, the Discoverer of Phrenology—Large Brain, Vigorous Temperament..Acquisitiveness, Amativeness, Philoprogenitiveness, Language, all large or very large.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. ii. 38 The exact ornaments still so dear to Arab acquisitiveness in this very region, the ear-ring or nose-ring.

1940 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 6 120 Beaker people..showed a magpie acquisitiveness for other people's chattels.

1978 Times 28 Aug. 8/8 William Randolph Hearst's fairy castle..is an unmissable monument to random acquisitiveness.

2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) IV/7 This, then, is a book about desire, acquisitiveness and man's immortal addiction to the idea of the quest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acquisitiveness
释义	acquisitivenessn. Brit. /əˈkwɪzᵻtᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈkwɪzᵻdᵻvnᵻs/, /æˈkwɪzᵻdᵻvnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acquisitive adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < acquisitive adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being acquisitive; spec. †one of the ‘faculties’ to which phrenologists assigned a special ‘organ’ or region of the brain (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [noun] > faculty of acquisitiveness covetiveness1815 acquisitiveness1826 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions greediness1154 greedilaikc1175 yissingc1275 covetise1297 covetingc1315 winningheadc1315 concupiscencec1340 avaricec1386 greedy worm1430 cupidity1436 covetousness1526 avariciousness1560 greed1609 an itching palma1616 gripulousness1633 havingness1646 avarition1661 my-ness1662 aviditya1680 gripingness1683 ingordigiousnessa1734 graspingness1747 accumulativeness1821 acquisitiveness1826 pleonexia1858 possessiveness1864 over-greed1867 appropriativeness1882 1826 Edinb. Rev. 94 271 Because avarice is a vice of pretty common occurrence, it is raised into an original attribute of our nature, by the name of Acquisitiveness. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 143 Civilization takes the heart and sticks it beside the head, just where Spurzheim finds the organ of acquisitiveness. 1836 T. Jarrold Instinct & Reason 257 Whether the love of money, (acquisitiveness)..has a prescribed seat in the brain, or whether the heart may not contend with the head for its residence, are probably not yet ascertained. 1848 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. & Misc. 10 129 Dr. Francois Joseph Gall, the Discoverer of Phrenology—Large Brain, Vigorous Temperament..Acquisitiveness, Amativeness, Philoprogenitiveness, Language, all large or very large. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. ii. 38 The exact ornaments still so dear to Arab acquisitiveness in this very region, the ear-ring or nose-ring. 1940 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 6 120 Beaker people..showed a magpie acquisitiveness for other people's chattels. 1978 Times 28 Aug. 8/8 William Randolph Hearst's fairy castle..is an unmissable monument to random acquisitiveness. 2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) IV/7 This, then, is a book about desire, acquisitiveness and man's immortal addiction to the idea of the quest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1826
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