All 3 Uses of
avarice
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- —Saint Thomas, Stephen smiling said, whose gorbellied works I enjoy reading in the original, writing of incest from a standpoint different from that of the new Viennese school Mr Magee spoke of, likens it in his wise and curious way to an avarice of the emotions.†
Chpt 9avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- Jews, whom christians tax with avarice, are of all races the most given to intermarriage.†
Chpt 9 *
- Because at the critical turningpoint of human existence he desired to amend many social conditions, the product of inequality and avarice and international animosity.†
Chpt 17
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."