All 6 Uses
avarice
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- I grant him bloody,
Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful,
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name.p. 143.5 - I grant him bloody,
Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful,
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name.p. 160.3 - With this there grows,
In my most ill-composed affection, such
A stanchless avarice, that, were I king,
I should cut off the nobles for their lands,
Desire his jewels, and this other's house.
And my more-having would be as a sauce
To make me hunger more.p. 145.2 * - With this there grows,
In my most ill-composed affection, such
A stanchless avarice, that, were I king,
I should cut off the nobles for their lands,
Desire his jewels, and this other's house.
And my more-having would be as a sauce
To make me hunger more.p. 162.1 * - This avarice
Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root
Than summer-seeming lust,p. 145.4 - This avarice
Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root
Than summer-seeming lust,p. 162.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(avarice) excessive desire for wealthLike "greed", but implies greed specifically for money. The early Christian Church counted avarice as one of the "seven deadly sins."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)