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Avarice

//ˈævəɹɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth uncountable, usually

    "By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness."

  2. 2
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) wordnet
  3. 3
    Inordinate desire for some supposed good. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    extreme greed for material wealth wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

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