avarice

av·a·rice  (v-rs)

n.

Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avritia, from avrus, greedy, from avre, to desire.]

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avarice [ˈævərɪs]

n

extreme greed for riches; cupidity

[from Old French, from Latin avaritia, from avārus covetous, from avēre to crave]

avaricious  adj

avariciously  adv

avariciousness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	avarice - reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) avaritia, greed, rapacity, covetousness 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     avariciousness, cupidity, covetousness 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

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]

Translations

avarice [ˈævərɪs] N → avaricia f

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avarice [ˈævərɪs] n → avarice f

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avarice

n → Habgier f, → Habsucht f

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avarice [ˈævərɪs] n → avarizia

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avarice

n avarice [ˈӕvəris]

strong desire for money etc; greed. gierigheid طَمَع في جَمْع المال алчност hrabivost; lakomství griskhed der Geiz πλεονεξία, φιλαργυρία avaricia ahnus حرص؛ آز rahanahneus avarice חֲמדָנוּת, תַאֲווַת בֶּצַע लोभ pohlepa kapzsiság ketamakan, keserakahan ágirnd, fégræðgi avarizia 強欲 탐욕 gobšumas, godumas mantrausība; skopums tamak gierigheid, hebzucht griskhet chciwość avareza avariţie алчность lakomstvo skopost pohlepa girighet ความโลภ hırs, para ve zenginlik hırsı 貪財，貪婪 скупість لالچ ، حرص ، طمع tính hám lợi 贪婪

adj avaˈricious [-ʃəs]

gierig طامِع في جَمْع المال алчен hrabivý; lakomý grisk; grådig geizig πλεονέκτης, φιλάργυρος avaricioso ahne حریص؛ طماع ahne avare חֲמדָנוּת, רְדִיפַת בֶּצַע कंजूस pohlepan kapzsi kikir, tamak, serakah ágjarn, fégjarn avaro どん欲な 욕심많은 gobšus mantrausīgs; skops ketamakan gierig, hebzuchtig grisk, grådig chciwy avarento avar алчный lakomý skop pohlepan girig, sniken ที่เกี่ยวกับความโลภ haris, para canlısı 貪婪的 скупий; зажерливий لالچی حریص hám lợi 贪婪的