avarice
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avarice
- /ˈævəɹɪs/
- /ˈævəɹəs/
- /ˈævɹəs/
Rhymes with -ævəɹəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).
noun avarices
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Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness.
Similar: covetousness, cupidity
- Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Similar: avariciousness
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noun
Similar: avariciousness
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noun excessive or inordinate desire of gain
| Español | avaricia, codicia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탐욕 tamyok |
| 日本語 | 強欲 gōyoku |
| 中文 | 貪婪 /贪婪 tānlán, 貪心 /贪心 tānxīn, 貪財 /贪财 tāncái |
| हिन्दी | लालच lālac, लोभ lobh |
| Português | avarícia, avareza |
| Français | avarice |
| Deutsch | Gier |
| Italiano | avarizia, cupidigia |
| Ελληνικά | πλεονεξία pleonexía |
| Română | avariție |
| Русский | а́лчность álčnostʹ, жа́дность žádnostʹ, ску́пость skúpostʹ |
| العربية | طَمَع ṭamaʕ, شُحُّ šuḥḥu |
noun inordinate desire for some supposed good
| 中文 | 貪財 /贪财 tāncái, 贪求 tānqiú |
|---|---|
| Português | avareza |
| Italiano | avidità |
| Română | aviditate |
| Русский | ненасы́тность nenasýtnostʹ, прожо́рливость prožórlivostʹ |
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title = {avarice},
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