pleonexia

noun /pli.əˈnɛks.i.ə/

1. Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.

   uncountable

   There are two words in the Greek which set forth the nature of covetousness: 1. Pleonexia, which signifies an 'insatiable desire of getting the world.' Covetousness is a dry dropsy.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλεονεξία (pleonexía, “greediness”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pleonexia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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