acquisitive

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas

From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.

There were those who held that the cloak might have been carried off by some acquisitive individual. — The Gay Cockade, Temple Bailey
Who could be acquisitive, selfish, in the old rasped London way, in the presence of this bounteous beauty? — The Enchanted April, Elizabeth Von Arnim
In this case I chose the natural acquisitive instinct of man as opposed to blind chance and accident. — The Misplaced Battleship, Harry Harrison

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