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avaricious

English

Alternative forms

avaritious (obsolete)
avaricius (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?æv??????s/

Adjective

avaricious (comparative more avaricious, superlative most avaricious)

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
- 1835, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow
  In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...

Synonyms

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Derived terms

avariciously
avariciousness

Related terms

avarice

Translations

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “avaricious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

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