avarice

  • 31avarice — av·a·rice || ævÉ™rɪs n. greed; lust for power or wealth …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 32avarice — 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

  • 33avarice — n. Cupidity, covetousness, sordidness, graspingness …

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  • 34avarice — 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

  • 35avarice — n 1. greed, graspingness, acquisitiveness, Sl. grabbiness, avariciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness; selfishness, miserliness, penuriousness, parsimony, niggardliness; stinginess, meanness, close fistedness, tight fistedness, mercenariness,… …

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  • 36avarice — av·a·rice …

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  • 37avarice — noun Syn: greed, acquisitiveness, covetousness, materialism Ant: generosity …

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  • 38avarice — UK [ˈævərɪs] / US noun [uncountable] formal a strong feeling that you want to have a lot of money and possessions and keep them for yourself Derived words: avaricious UK [ˌævəˈrɪʃəs] / US adjective avariciously UK [ˌævəˈrɪʃəslɪ] / US adverb …

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  • 39avarice — av•a•rice [[t]ˈæv ər ɪs[/t]] n. insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < OF < L avāritia=avār(us) greedy + itia ice …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40avarice — /ˈævərəs / (say avuhruhs) noun insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. {Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia greed} …

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