rapacityn.

Brit.

/rəˈpasᵻti/, U.S.

/rəˈpæsədi/

Forms: 1500s rapacite, 1500s–1600s rapacitie, 1500s– rapacity; also Scottish pre-1700 rapacite.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French rapacité; Latin rapācitāt-, rapācitās.

Etymology: < Middle French rapacité eagerness to fall upon one's prey (1466; 1374 in sense ‘eagerness to serve for the good of others’; French rapacité ) or its etymon classical Latin rapācitāt-, rapācitās rapacious behaviour or tendency, greed < rapāci- , rapāx (see rapacious adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Old Occitan rapacitat (14th cent.), Catalan rapacitat (15th cent.), Spanish rapacidad (1490; 1385 as rapaçidat), Portuguese rapacidade (1692), Italian rapacità (a1320).

The quality or fact of being rapacious; rapacious behaviour or tendencies; greed.

ΘΚΠ

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

rapacity1494

ravenousness1564

rapaciousness1655

vulturism1843

1494 Loutfut MS f. 18, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rapacité And for the wodnes of reiff & rapacite he deuouris, [etc.].

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. hij A grett deale more outragious, Farre excedynge their rapacite.

1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. G.iiii^v The rapacite of wolfes, the violence of lyons.

1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers f. 28 Her retinue frolicke shepheardes: whose slight rapacitie not yeelding anie comfort to allaie the Gentlewomans sorrowings, made her..continue her pensiuenesse.

1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem ii. xi. 405 His brother Antiochus Hierax, so tearmed for his rapacitie, raigned together with him in an other part of the kingdome.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 73 Our rapacity,..our snatching, and catching, at far more then is our own.

1717 L. Milbourne Evil not to be Done 18 The Griping, Rapacity, and Selfishness of the great Officers of an Imperial Court, are commonly very notorious.

1744 J. J. Hornyold Decalogue Explain'd iv. 51 What is more monstrous in Nature, than for a Man to have in the Exterior the Simplicity of a Dove, and interiorly the Rapacity of a Dog?

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 75 The great masses..which excite envy, and tempt rapacity .

1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 115 Their rapacity and agile movements have procured for them the name of Tiger-beetles.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 187 An act of wanton rapacity was presently punished.

1898 Argosy June 446 With such rewards for their rapacity..it is no matter of wonder that the dervishes gave way utterly to the frenzy of the hour.

1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches ii. 43 A family which, if it could not quite rival the Borgias in sheer wickedness, almost outstripped them in successful cupidity and rapacity.

1947 Art Bull. 29 144/1 Even such admirers of the falcon as Frederick II..do not deny the chief attribute of the bird is its rapacity.

2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) ii. 66 Global courts must exist to prosecute..global companies for corrupt behaviour and rapacity in the developing world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rapacity
释义	rapacityn. Brit. /rəˈpasᵻti/, U.S. /rəˈpæsədi/ Forms: 1500s rapacite, 1500s–1600s rapacitie, 1500s– rapacity; also Scottish pre-1700 rapacite. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French rapacité; Latin rapācitāt-, rapācitās. Etymology: < Middle French rapacité eagerness to fall upon one's prey (1466; 1374 in sense ‘eagerness to serve for the good of others’; French rapacité ) or its etymon classical Latin rapācitāt-, rapācitās rapacious behaviour or tendency, greed < rapāci- , rapāx (see rapacious adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Old Occitan rapacitat (14th cent.), Catalan rapacitat (15th cent.), Spanish rapacidad (1490; 1385 as rapaçidat), Portuguese rapacidade (1692), Italian rapacità (a1320). The quality or fact of being rapacious; rapacious behaviour or tendencies; greed. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > rapacity rapacity1494 ravenousness1564 rapaciousness1655 vulturism1843 1494 Loutfut MS f. 18, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rapacité And for the wodnes of reiff & rapacite he deuouris, [etc.]. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. hij A grett deale more outragious, Farre excedynge their rapacite. 1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. G.iiii^v The rapacite of wolfes, the violence of lyons. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers f. 28 Her retinue frolicke shepheardes: whose slight rapacitie not yeelding anie comfort to allaie the Gentlewomans sorrowings, made her..continue her pensiuenesse. 1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem ii. xi. 405 His brother Antiochus Hierax, so tearmed for his rapacitie, raigned together with him in an other part of the kingdome. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 73 Our rapacity,..our snatching, and catching, at far more then is our own. 1717 L. Milbourne Evil not to be Done 18 The Griping, Rapacity, and Selfishness of the great Officers of an Imperial Court, are commonly very notorious. 1744 J. J. Hornyold Decalogue Explain'd iv. 51 What is more monstrous in Nature, than for a Man to have in the Exterior the Simplicity of a Dove, and interiorly the Rapacity of a Dog? 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 75 The great masses..which excite envy, and tempt rapacity . View more context for this quotation 1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 115 Their rapacity and agile movements have procured for them the name of Tiger-beetles. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 187 An act of wanton rapacity was presently punished. 1898 Argosy June 446 With such rewards for their rapacity..it is no matter of wonder that the dervishes gave way utterly to the frenzy of the hour. 1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches ii. 43 A family which, if it could not quite rival the Borgias in sheer wickedness, almost outstripped them in successful cupidity and rapacity. 1947 Art Bull. 29 144/1 Even such admirers of the falcon as Frederick II..do not deny the chief attribute of the bird is its rapacity. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) ii. 66 Global courts must exist to prosecute..global companies for corrupt behaviour and rapacity in the developing world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1494
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