All 6 Uses of
avarice
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Ah, how strange it seems that such a young and beautiful woman should be so avaricious.†
Chpt 57-58 *avaricious = having or showing excessive desire for wealth
- No, it will all go well; M. d'Epinay, if he is an honorable man, will consider himself more than ever pledged to Mademoiselle de Villefort, unless he were actuated by a decided feeling of avarice, but that is impossible.†
Chpt 59-60avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- Good, so much the better," said Caderousse, his eyes sparkling with avarice.†
Chpt 63-64
- Hatred evidently inspired the Englishman, who, knowing no other reproach to bring on the count, accused him of avarice.†
Chpt 69-70
- They were influenced by hatred, by avarice, and by self-love; but I was base, and for want of courage acted against my judgment.†
Chpt 111-112
- "I did not come to Rome to see," said Danglars aloud; then he added softly, with an avaricious smile, "I came to touch!" and he rapped his pocket-book, in which he had just placed a letter.†
Chpt 113-114avaricious = having or showing excessive desire for wealth
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."