av·a·rice ( v  -r s)n. Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin av  ritia, from avrus, greedy, from av re, to desire.] |
avarice [av-a-riss]
Noun
extreme greed for wealth [Latin avere to crave]
avaricious adj
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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 |
avarice
noun greed, meanness, penny-pinching, parsimony, acquisitiveness, rapacity, cupidity, stinginess, covetousness, miserliness, greediness, niggardliness, graspingness, close-fistedness, penuriousness << OPPOSITE liberality
Translations
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 ahneus 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
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