acquisitive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acquisitive/əˈkwɪzətɪv/
▶adjective excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
– derivatives
acquisitively adverb,
acquisitiveness noun.
acquisitively adverb,
acquisitiveness noun.
– origin C19: from Fr. acquisitif, -ive, from late L. acquisitivus, from L. acquisit-, acquirere (see acquire).
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