ACQUISITIVE


Meaning of ACQUISITIVE in English

■ adjective excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

C19: from Fr. acquisitif , -ive , from late L. acquisitivus , from L. acquisit- , acquirere (see acquire ).

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