avaritia n 1: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {avarice}, {greed}, {covetousness}, {rapacity}, {avaritia}]
avaritia \avaritia\ n. A reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); avarice; greed. Syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity [WordNet 1.5]