Definition of avarice

malediction Definition: (noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil. Petersons.com

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av·a·rice    (v-rs) KEY  

NOUN:

Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avritia, from avrus, greedy, from avre, to desire

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