AVARICE
Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
Synonyms: cupidity
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, equivalent to avār(us) “greedy” + -itia -ice
King Midas literally turns his family members into gold
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Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
Synonyms: cupidity
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, equivalent to avār(us) “greedy” + -itia -ice
King Midas literally turns his family members into gold
Obscene, slavering greed.