avarice
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av·a·rice
(ăv′ə-rĭs)n.
Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus, greedy, from avēre, to desire.]
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avarice
(ˈævərɪs)n
extreme greed for riches; cupidity
[C13: from Old French, from Latin avaritia, from avārus covetous, from avēre to crave]
ˌavaˈricious adj
ˌavaˈriciously adv
ˌavaˈriciousness n
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av•a•rice
(ˈæv ər ɪs)n.
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin avāritia=avār(us) greedy + -itia -ice]
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Noun | 1. | avarice - reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
2. | avarice - extreme greed for material wealth greed - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
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avarice
noun greed, meanness, penny-pinching, parsimony, acquisitiveness, rapacity, cupidity, stinginess, covetousness, miserliness, greediness, niggardliness, graspingness, close-fistedness, penuriousness a month's rent - just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice
generosity, extravagance, benevolence, unselfishness, liberality, bountifulness, largesse or largess
generosity, extravagance, benevolence, unselfishness, liberality, bountifulness, largesse or largess
Quotations
"The love of money is the root of all evil" Bible: I Timothy
"avarice, the spur of industry" [David Hume Essays: Moral and Political]
"The love of money is the root of all evil" Bible: I Timothy
"avarice, the spur of industry" [David Hume Essays: Moral and Political]
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avarice
nounExcessive desire for more than one needs or deserves:
Informal: grabbiness.
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Translations
طَمَع في جَمْع المال
lakomstvíchamtivosthrabivost
griskhed
ahneusrahanhimo
ágirnd, fégræîgi
強欲
gobšumasgobšus
mantrausībaskopums
hırspara ve zenginlik hırsı
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avarice
(ˈӕvəris) noun strong desire for money etc; greed.
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