different between avarice vs thriftiness

English

Etymology

From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin av?ritia, from av?rus (“greedy”).

Pronunciation

• (non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /?æv???s/
• (merged vowel) IPA^(key): /?æv???s/, /?æv??s/

Noun

avarice (usually uncountable, plural avarices)

1. Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

   Synonyms: covetousness, cupidity

2. Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Synonyms

• avariciousness
• See also Thesaurus:greed

Related terms

• avaricious, avariciously

Translations

References

Anagrams

• caviare

French

Etymology

From Latin avaritia. Cognate with Italian avarizia, Portuguese avareza, Spanish avaricia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.?is/
• Rhymes: -is

Noun

avarice f (plural avarices)

1. greed; avarice

Related terms

• avare
• avarement
• avaricieux

Further reading

• “avarice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From Latin avaritia.

Noun

avarice f (oblique plural avarices, nominative singular avarice, nominative plural avarices)

1. greed; avarice

Descendants

• ? English: avarice
• French: avarice

English

Etymology

thrifty +? -ness

Noun

thriftiness (usually uncountable, plural thriftinesses)

1. The property of being thrifty.

Synonyms

• frugality
• parsimony

Translations