avarice
/ˈævəɹɪs/
avarice noun: excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth.
Noun
avarice (usually uncountable, plural avarices)
- Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- 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.1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number XII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A....
- Synonyms:
- covetousness, cupidity
- Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
avarice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
avarice in Hindi
- excessive or inordinate desire of gain
- लालच lālac, लोभ lobh
avarice in Tamil
- avarice, miserliness, penuriousness
- உலோபம் ulōpam
- avarice
- பேராசை pērācai
avarice in Urdu
- آز, حرص, لالچ, طمع
avarice in Bengali
- অত্যুচ্চাকাঙ্ক্ষা
More languagesFewer languages
- avarice in Telugu
- అత్యాశ atyāśa
- avarice in Malayalam
- അത്യാർത്തി atyāṟtti
- avarice in Kannada
- ದುರಾಸೆ, ಅತ್ಯಾಸೆ, ಲೋಭ, ಹಣದ ಬಯಕೆ
- avarice in Arabic
- طَمَع ṭamaʕ, شُحُّ šuḥḥu
- avarice in Persian
- زیادهخواهی ziâde-xâhi, طمع tama', الچخت alčaxt
Synonyms of avarice
Forms of avarice
| plural | avarices |
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Origin of avarice
From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).
Questions about avarice
- What does avarice mean?
- Avarice means excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth.
- What is avarice in Hindi?
- Avarice in Hindi is लालच (lālac), लोभ (lobh). See Avarice meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is avarice?
- Avarice is a noun.
- How do you pronounce avarice?
- Avarice is pronounced /ˈævəɹɪs/.
- What is the plural of avarice?
- The plural of avarice is avarices.
Words near avarice in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: avarice (page history and authors); உலோபம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); avarice (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); avarice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); avarice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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