Hypertext Webster Gateway: "avarice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avarice \Av"a*rice\ ([a^]v"[.a]*r[i^]s), n. [F. avaritia, fr.
avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av[=e]re to covet, fr. a root av
to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 'a`menai, 'a^sai, to satiate,
Skr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect.]
1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness
after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
To desire money for its own sake, and in order to
hoard it up, is avarice. --Beattie.
2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
All are taught an avarice of praise. --Goldsmith.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
avarice
n 1: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {greed}, {covetousness},
{rapacity}, {avaritia}]
2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: {avariciousness}, {covetousness},
{cupidity}]
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