AVARICE

avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia

(noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity

(noun) extreme greed for material wealth

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

avarice (usually uncountable, plural avarices)

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

Synonyms: covetousness, cupidity

Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Synonyms

• avariciousness

• See also greed

Anagrams

• caviare

Source: Wiktionary

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Av"a*rice, n. Etym: [F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av to covert, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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