Both Uses
avarice
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Volpone
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- What a rare punishment Is avarice to itself!†
Act 1 *avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- , avarice's fool; This [TO CORV.]†
Act 5
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)