avarice

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

• (non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˈævəɹɪs/
• (merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˈævəɹəs/, /ˈævɹəs/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ævəɹəs

avarice (usually uncountable, plural avarices)

1. Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

   Synonyms: covetousness, cupidity

2. Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

• avariciousness
• See also Thesaurus:greed

• avaricious, avariciously

• caviare

Inherited from Old French avarice, borrowed from Latin avaritia. Cognate with Italian avarizia, Portuguese avareza, Spanish avaricia.

• IPA^(key): /a.va.ʁis/

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• Rhymes: -is

avarice f (plural avarices)

1. greed; avarice

• avare
• avarement
• avaricieux

• “avarice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin avaritia.

avarice oblique singular, f (oblique plural avarices, nominative singular avarice, nominative plural avarices)

1. greed; avarice

• → English: avarice
• French: avarice