Sentences with word «cupidity»

For the new streets, Oddo chose Cupidity Drive, which means inordinate desire for wealth; Fourberie Lane, defined as trickery and deception; and Avidity Place, derived from avidita, meaning greed.

Cupidity means greed, fourberie means trickery or deception and avidity is derived from a Latin word that also connotes greed.

In December, the developers — under the name Mount Builders LLC — sued Oddo after he took to the dictionary for revenge over the project and chose Cupidity Drive, using a word meaning inordinate desire for wealth; Fourberie Lane, defined as trickery and deception: and Avidity Place, which is derived from avidita, meaning greed, for the new streets.

A society can barely survive under a hostile economic system driven by cupidity, envy, and smothering control by the state.

She has no principle that can withstand a strong temptation to her insatiable cupidity.»

Instead of deciding for or against one of the two brothers, he warns people, in a general way, against cupidity.

If Oddo — who has the power to assign street names and numbers in new developments — wins out over Savo Brothers developers, homebuyers will live on Cupidity Drive, meaning inordinate desire for wealth, Fourberie Lane, defined as trickery and deception, and Avidity Place, which is derived from avidita, meaning greed.

Oddo rejected the developer's suggested names for the streets, such as Timber Lane and Lamb Run, and instead went Cupidity Drive, Fourberie Lane (Deception Lane, essentially) and Avidity Place (Greed Place).

Ken takes the communion, Ray takes a piss, and Harry surfaces like a Cockney shark in a third act remarkable for its feckless cupidity.

Among the documentaries nominated is «Inside Job,» an expose directed by the Bay Area's Charles Ferguson of the corporate cupidity and stupidity that led to the 2008 financial crisis.

He plays Hughes for maximum amused cupidity.

His figures underline the sublime and terrifying aftermath of a sociopolitical cupidity.

The beleaguered institution's decision to scrap its founder's vision for free education was a long time coming, borne on the back of a boom - time cupidity that has crippled many university endowments.

Cupidity means greed, according to Politico, while fourberie is synonymous with trickery or deception, and avidity comes from a Latin word that also connotes greed.

Novak tells us, «a society can barely survive under a hostile economic system driven by cupidity, envy, and smothering control by the state.»

Oddo — who is responsible for assigning street names and numbers — chose Cupidity Drive, using a word meaning inordinate desire for wealth, Fourberie Lane, defined as trickery and deception, and Avidity Place, which is derived from avidita, meaning greed, for the new streets.

Englert praised Oddo's picks, gushing that Cupidity Drive, Fourberie Lane, and Avidita Place «are distinctive, and, therefore, unlikely to cause confusion among the public.»

The monks» enemies are not of flesh and bone - their enemies are things like intolerance, fanaticism, dictatorship, cupidity, hatred, and discrimination which can be found in the heart of men.

I say «begin,» but in a sense we have been doing it for two hundred years — by factories acts, mines acts, by monopoly and fair trading legislation, and by all the countless laws we devise to restrict ways in which the market system can be distorted by man's cupidity.

The main point of all my writing on this subject has been to raise our sights above what Pope John Paul II called «economism» — a view of economies driven solely by a materialist, economic understanding of self - interest, the profit motive, cupidity, and greed, and a denial of all the nobler human aspirations.

It is, therefore, the rejection of cupidity and differentiating wealth; of lust for power, pleasure and domination; it is a repudiation of racism, casteism, sexism and all values opposed to the Gospel.

Above all they should love God, and should give themselves over to study For the increase of his glory, the service of the city and their own salvation and not to satisfy their cupidity or their thirst for human glory.»

In a decision issued Thursday, Judge Philip Minardo ruled Oddo has the authority to pick street names of his choosing, despite a complaint from the developer, Savo Brothers, that the three he chose — Cupidity Drive, Fourberie Lane and Avidity Place — are «derogatory,» according to court papers.

For those not up on their SAT words, avidita is Italian for «greed,» cupidity means «lust for wealth,» and fourberie is French for «deceit.»

«In the end, I understand that the street names at issue in this case — Avidita Place, Fourberie Lane, and Cupidity Drive — are not that important to Staten Islanders; instead the real importance is that they are officially made part of the city map,» Oddo said in a statement Thursday.

Judge Philip Minardo ruled Thursday that Oddo is allowed to name the streets whatever he wants, despite the developer complaining that the names chosen by the borough president — Cupidity Drive, Fourberie Lane and Avidity Place — are «derogatory.»

The Singaporean - born, MIT - educated entrepreneur has spent the last half decade building lucrative businesses at the seething intersection of cupid and cupidity.

But being «good guys» we helped hide the stupidities of plan sponsors, and to some degree, the cupidity of some mutual fund purveyors.

I could describe it as an exercise in arrogance, but just as often it's a shameless pandering to the cupidity & gullibility of a great many investors.

But murder is the result of the acts of individuals, each of whom will have individual motivations; some kill out of revenge, some out of rage (which in turn will have different causes), some out of cupidity, and so on.