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# avarice

«avarice» in Mova's school dictionary: **A greedy wish to have more and more money, gold or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

A greedy wish to have more and more money, gold or things, and to keep them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avarice/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the sin of greed for wealth, often shown by a miser or a fairy who punishes it.

### examples

- His avarice made him count every coin twice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avarice/#x1)
- Avarice is one of the sins in the tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avarice/#x2)
- The miser's avarice grew each year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avarice/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «avarice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avarice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.