Definition of AVARICE

avarice

Plural: avarices

Noun

  • Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
  • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  • extreme greed for material wealth
  • Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
  • Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Examples

  • His avarice was clear when he took a small word on the triple-word score for himself.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

Scrabble Score: 12

avarice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
avarice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
avarice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

avarice: valid Words With Friends Word