Meaning

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

noun extreme greed for material wealth

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-eh₁yeti Latin aveō Latin avārus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin avāritiabor. Old French avaricebor. Middle English avarice English avarice From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

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