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Word entry · 7 letters

avarice

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"Greedy desire"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈævəɹɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aaceirvStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Word origin

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

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