Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: [ˈæv.ɚ.ɪs]
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈæv.əɹ.ɪs/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.açgözlülük
2.para hırsı
3.servet tutkusu

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
  2. Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Exempel

  • 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.
  • 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?
  • 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.

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