avarice
Excessive or inordinate desire of gainExcessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
» Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
Junge Männer neigen dazu, Opfer ihrer eigenen Gier zu werden.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Gier
а́лчностьálčnostʹ, жа́дностьžádnostʹ, ску́постьskúpostʹ
extreme greed for material wealth
(uncountable, usually)Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
ненасы́тностьnenasýtnostʹ, прожо́рливостьprožórlivostʹ
Examples
4 sentencesYoung men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
deJunge Männer neigen dazu, Opfer ihrer eigenen Gier zu werden.
Fury and avarice are dangerous.
ruЯрость и алчность опасны.
deWut und Gier sind gefährlich.
If you want to find peace, you must suppress arrogance, avarice and ambition of power.
deWill man Frieden erreichen, muss man die Überheblichkeit, den Geiz und den Machthunger beseitigen.
My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.
deMeine Freunde sind mein Vermögen. Vergib mir darum die Gier, sie zu horten!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).
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Forms
plural: avarices| Singular | avarice |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins):greedcovetousnessrapacityavaritia
- extreme greed for material wealth:avariciousnesscovetousnesscupidity
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable