About The Word Avarice
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Avarice
Avarice Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Avarice?
[n] reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] extreme greed for material wealth Synonyms | Synonyms for Avarice: avariciousness | avaritia | covetousness | covetousness | cupidity | greed | rapacity Related Terms | Find terms related to Avarice: acedia | acquisitiveness | anger | avariciousness | avaritia | avidity | avidness | cheapness | closefistedness | closeness | covetousness | craving | cupidity | deadly sin | desire | envy | frenzy of desire | frugality | fury of desire | gluttony | grasping | graspingness | greed | greediness | gula | hardfistedness | hoarding | hoggishness | illiberality | incontinence | inordinate desire | insatiability | insatiable desire | intemperateness | invidia | ira | itching palm | lust | luxuria | meanness | miserliness | nearness | niggardliness | overgreediness | parsimoniousness | parsimony | penny-pinching | penuriousness | piggishness | pride | rapaciousness | rapacity | ravenousness | selfishness | sloth | sordidness | stinginess | superbia | swinishness | thrift | tight purse strings | tightfistedness | tightness | ungenerosity | voraciousness | voracity | wolfishness | wrath See Also | deadly sin | greed | mortal sin Avarice In Webster's Dictionary \Av"a*rice\ ([a^]v"[.a]*r[i^]s), n. [F. avaritia, fr.
avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av[=e]re to covet, fr. a root av
to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 'a`menai, 'a^sai, to satiate,
Skr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect.]
1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness
after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
To desire money for its own sake, and in order to
hoard it up, is avarice. --Beattie.
2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
All are taught an avarice of praise. --Goldsmith.
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