Apparently, it is in the unabridged Webster’s Dictionary, and I was invited to subscribe to find out more about it.
It is used, italicized, in the novel Tom Jones… It is probably most famliar to readers of Moliere. " Les Fourberies de Scapin" is one of his comedies.
Though if beliving this individual was a collector of vocabulary or a fan of French drama is too difficult, the word is likely to be in a crossword puzxle dictionary, under GREED. It does have lots of vowels.
