avarice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: avarice	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for avarice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
avarice n reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) Synonym(s): avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia extreme greed for material wealth Synonym(s): avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avarice \Av"arice\ ([acr]v"[adot]r[icr]s), n. [F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av[emac]re to covet, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 'a`menai, 'a^sai, to satiate, Skr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect.] 1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. --Beattie. 2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good. All are taught an avarice of praise. --Goldsmith.