avarice

av·a·rice

 (ăv′ə-rĭs)

n.

Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.

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[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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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]

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avarice

noun

Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves:

acquisitiveness, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed.

Informal: grabbiness.

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Translations

طَمَع في جَمْع المال

lakomstvíchamtivosthrabivost

griskhed

GeizGier

avaricia

ahneusrahanhimo

avarice

ágirnd, fégræîgi

avariziaavaro

強欲

gobšumasgobšus

mantrausībaskopums

griskhet

chciwość

avarezaavarícia

алчностьжадностьскупость

hırspara ve zenginlik hırsı

贪婪

avarice

[ˈævərɪs] N → avaricia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

avarice

[ˈævərɪs] n → avarice f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

avarice

n → Habgier f, → Habsucht f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

avarice

[ˈævərɪs] n → avarizia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

avarice

(ˈӕvəris) noun

strong desire for money etc; greed. gierigheid طَمَع في جَمْع المال алчност avareza hrabivost; lakomství der Geiz griskhed πλεονεξία, φιλαργυρίαavaricia ahnus حرص؛ آز rahanahneus avariceחמדנות, תאוות בצע लोभ pohlepa kapzsiság ketamakan, keserakahan ágirnd, fégræðgi avarizia 強欲 탐욕 gobšumas, godumas mantrausība; skopums tamak gierigheid, hebzuchtgriskhetchciwość حرص 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

ˌavaˈricious (-ʃəs) adjective

gierig طامِع في جَمْع المال алчен avarento hrabivý; lakomý geizig grisk; grådig πλεονέκτης, φιλάργυροςavaricioso ahne حریص؛ طماع rahanahne avareחמדנות, רדיפת בצע कंजूस pohlepan kapzsi kikir, tamak, serakah ágjarn, fégjarn avaro どん欲な 탐욕스러운 gobšus mantrausīgs; skops ketamakan gierig, hebzuchtiggrisk, grådigchciwy حریص ، شوم avarento avar алчный lakomý skop pohlepan girig, sniken ที่เกี่ยวกับความโลภ haris, para canlısı 貪財的，貪婪的 скупий; зажерливий لالچی حریص hám lợi 贪婪的

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