In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RAPACITY
avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
(noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness
(noun) extreme gluttony
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rapacity (countable and uncountable, plural rapacities)
The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
Synonyms
• See also greed
Source: Wiktionary
Ra*pac"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacite. See Rapacious.]
1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. "The rapacity of some ages." Sprat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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