avarice

[av·a·rice]

Avarice is a fancy word for good old fashioned greed. It's one of what some call "the seven deadly sins."

...

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

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

Noun
extreme greed for material wealth

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

n.
An inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Avarice

Av"a*rice , n. [F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. avre to covert, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. , , 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.

2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good.

All are taught an avarice of praise.

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

...

Usage Examples

Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness.

Misspelled Form

avarice, qavarice, wavarice, savarice, zavarice, qvarice, wvarice, svarice, zvarice, aqvarice, awvarice, asvarice, azvarice, acvarice, afvarice, agvarice, abvarice, a varice, acarice, afarice, agarice, abarice, a arice, avcarice, avfarice, avgarice, avbarice, av arice, avqarice, avwarice, avsarice, avzarice, avqrice, avwrice, avsrice, avzrice, avaqrice, avawrice, avasrice, avazrice, avaerice, ava4rice, ava5rice, avatrice, avafrice, avaeice, ava4ice, ava5ice, avatice, avafice, avareice, avar4ice, avar5ice, avartice, avarfice, avaruice, avar8ice, avar9ice, avaroice, avarjice, avarkice, avaruce, avar8ce, avar9ce, avaroce, avarjce, avarkce, avariuce, avari8ce, avari9ce, avarioce, avarijce, avarikce, avarixce, avaridce, avarifce, avarivce, avari ce, avarixe, avaride, avarife, avarive, avari e, avaricxe, avaricde, avaricfe, avaricve, avaric e, avaricwe, avaric3e, avaric4e, avaricre, avaricse, avaricde, avaricw, avaric3, avaric4, avaricr, avarics, avaricd, avaricew, avarice3, avarice4, avaricer, avarices, avariced.

Other Usage Examples

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.