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avarice(dictionary)

avarice (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin avaritia, from avarus 'avaricious', from avere 'to want to have']
formal a desire to have a lot of money that is considered to be too strong
-synonym greed greed
-- avaricious /7AvE5rIFEs/ adj
-- avariciously adv