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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: avarice (0.00885 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to avarice.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: avarice
kekikiran, keserakahan, kikir, tamak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: avarice
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Avarice
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 for
wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
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To desire money for its own sake, and in order to
hoard it up, is avarice. --Beattie.
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2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good.
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All are taught an avarice of praise. --Goldsmith.
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