AVARICE

PRONUNCIATION: (AV-uh-ris)

MEANING: noun: An extreme desire for wealth or material gain.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin avaritia (greed), from avarus (greedy), from avere (to crave). Earliest documented use: 1386.
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OVARICE - how I like my whiskey

ALAR ICE - what caused many airplane delays last winter

'AVARIDE? - response to a roadside upright thumb, in Britain