was wotd|2006|April|14
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English
Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/'æv�ɹɪs/
a|US IPA|/'æv�ɻ�s/
audio|en-us-avarice.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
From OF., from L. avaritia, from avarus (greedy), from avere (to desire).
Noun
en-noun|-
- excessive|Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
- Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
Quotations
;excessive desire of gain from wealth
timeline|
1600s=1606|
1700s=1726 1776|
2000s=2006
1606 - Shakespeare, s:The_Tragedy_of_Macbeth|Macbeth iv 3
:With this there grows,
:In my most ill-compos'd affection, such
:A stanchless avarice, that, were I king,
:I should cut off the nobles for their lands.
1726 - w:Jonathan Swift|Jonathan Swift, s:Gulliver's Travels|Gulliver's Travels Part II, ch. vi
:Whether they were always so free from avarice, partialities, or want, that a bribe, or some other sinister view, could have no place among them?
1776 - w:Thomas Paine|Thomas Paine, s:Common_Sense|Common Sense
:Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches; and though avarice will preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy.
2006 - w:Square_Enix|Square-Enix, s:Kingdom_Hearts_II|Kingdom Hearts II Episode 2 of Port Royal ("Pirates of the Caribbean world")
:The Darkness of men's hearts, drawn to these cursed medallions; and this Heartless, a veritable maelstrom of avarice. I wonder, are they worthy to serve Organization XIII?
Translations
trans-top|An excessive or inordinate desire of gain
Finnish: ahneus, rahanhimo
German: Gier f
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Korean: �� (tamyok)
Polish: chciwo�� f
Russian: ал�но��� (ál�nost') f, жадно��� (žádnost') f, �к�по��� (skúpost') f
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trans-top|An inordinate desire for some supposed good
Polish: chciwo�� f
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ttbc|Bulgarian: ал�но��
ttbc|Czech: chtivost, chamtivost, la�nost
ttbc|French: avarice#French|avarice
ttbc|Italian: avarizia, tirchieria, spilorceria, pitoccheria
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ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: sannt m
ttbc|Swedish: girighet, snålhet
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