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Definition of Avarice

1. Noun. Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins).

Definition of Avarice

1. n. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Definition of Avarice

1. Noun. Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. ¹

2. Noun. Inordinate desire for some supposed good. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avarice

1. greed [n -S] - See also: greed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avarice

Literary usage of Avarice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the by William Scott (1820)
"avarice was likewise very strong in his officers, being faithfully served by ... As avarice conducted himself by the counsels of Poverty, his antagonist was ..."

2. Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the by William Scott (1789)
"avarice and Luxury. 'T'HERE were two very powerful tyrants engaged in a perpetual war ... avarice. The aim of each "of them was no lefs than ..."

3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"avarice knows no Bounds, has no Limitations to its Desires, no Laws to its voracious grasp after Wealth. Nothing so mean but it will stoop to, ..."

4. Seneca's Morals by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (1818)
"What is the end of ambition and avarice, when at best we are but stewards ... avarice is so insatiable, that it is not in the power of liberality to content ..."

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