avarice (noun)

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• avarice — ► NOUN ▪ extreme greed for wealth or material gain. DERIVATIVES avaricious adjective. ORIGIN from Latin avarus greedy …   English terms dictionary

• avarice — noun the job had become less about integrity and more about avarice Syn: greed, greediness, acquisitiveness, cupidity, covetousness, rapacity, materialism, mercenariness; rare pleonexia; informal money grubbing, affluenza See note at greedy Ant:… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• avarice — noun extreme greed for wealth or material gain. Derivatives avaricious adjective avariciously adverb avariciousness noun Origin ME: from OFr., from L. avaritia, from avarus greedy …   English new terms dictionary

• avarice — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin avaritia, from avarus avaricious, from avēre to crave more at avid Date: 14th century excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain ; greediness, cupidity …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• avarice — noun /ˈævəɹɪs/ a) Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. b) Inordinate desire for some supposed good. Syn: avariciousness …   Wiktionary

• avarice — noun (U) formal a desire to have a lot of money that is considered to be too strong; greed avaricious adjective avariciously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• avarice — noun Syn: greed, acquisitiveness, covetousness, materialism Ant: generosity …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• avarice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greed. See desire. Ant., generosity, prodigality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. covetousness, Cupidity, greediness; see greed . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [AV ur is] unhealthy… …   English dictionary for students

• avarice — [13] The Latin verb avēre meant ‘covet’. One of its derivatives was the adjective avārus ‘greedy’, from which the noun avāritia was formed. This entered English via Old French avarice. Another of its derivatives was the adjective avidus ‘greedy’… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• avarice — [13] The Latin verb avēre meant ‘covet’. One of its derivatives was the adjective avārus ‘greedy’, from which the noun avāritia was formed. This entered English via Old French avarice. Another of its derivatives was the adjective avidus ‘greedy’… …   Word origins

• avarice — av|a|rice [ ævərıs ] noun uncount FORMAL a strong feeling that you want to have a lot of money and possessions and keep them for yourself: GREED ╾ av|a|ri|cious [ ,ævə rıʃəs ] adjective ╾ av|a|ri|cious|ly [ ,ævə rıʃəsli ] adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English