Both Uses of
avarice
in
Sense and Sensibility
- —Well may it be doubted; for, had I really loved, could I have sacrificed my feelings to vanity, to avarice?†
Chpt 44 *avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- In such a situation as that, where there seemed nothing to tempt the avarice or the vanity of any living creature, how could I suppose, when she so earnestly, so warmly insisted on sharing my fate, whatever it might be, that any thing but the most disinterested affection was her inducement?†
Chpt 49
Definition:
excessive desire for wealth
Like "greed", but implies greed specifically for money. The early Christian Church counted avarice as one of the "seven deadly sins."