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
covetousness
(noun) an envious eagerness to possess something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
covetousness (usually uncountable, plural covetousnesses)
Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.
• See also greed
Source: Wiktionary
Cov"et*ous*ness, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak.
2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense. Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat.
Syn.
– Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
