单词 | accumulativeness |
释义 | accumulativenessn. The fact or quality of being accumulative; cumulative nature; acquisitiveness. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > tendency to accumulativeness1821 1821 W. Kitchiner Cook's Oracle (ed. 3) vii. 120 But that our judgment in Palatics may not be called in question by our fellow mortals, who, as the Craniologists say, happen to have the Organ of Taste stronger than the Organ of Accumulativeness, we must confess..it does not impart the delicate sweetness, &c. of the fresh Vegetable. 1845 S. Coleridge Mem. & Let. (1873) I. 33 His discourses generally a rhapsody describing with infinite repetition & accumulativeness the wickedness of sin. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 363 That greedy accumulativeness that made Turner amass money, made him also, in its intellectual tendency, accumulate facts. 1918 Flower Grower Nov. 113/3 By using our slogan, ‘Say it with Flowers’, whenever and wherever possible, on all advertising of every character,..its accumulativeness will bring you the desired effect. 2007 D. Luciano Arranging Grief iii. 125 The distinction between the economic survival strategies of frugal housewifery and the accumulativeness of wealth-seeking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1821 |
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