Associations to the word «Acquisitive»
Noun
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Wiktionary
ACQUISITIVE, adjective. (obsolete) Acquired.
ACQUISITIVE, adjective. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
ACQUISITIVE, adjective. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
Dictionary definition
ACQUISITIVE, adjective. Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.