avaricious
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avaricious
- /ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).
adjective more avaricious · most avaricious · avaritious · avaricius
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Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
Similar: greedy
Translations
Every language
adj actuated by avarice
| Español | avaricioso, avaro, avariento, codicioso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 強欲な gōyoku na |
| 中文 | 愛財 /爱财 àicái, 貪婪 /贪婪 tānlán |
| हिन्दी | लालची lālcī, लोभी lobhī |
| Português | avarento |
| Français | avare |
| Deutsch | habgierig, habsüchtig, gierig |
| Italiano | avaro |
| Ελληνικά | πλεονέκτης pleonéktis, άπληστος áplistos |
| Română | avar |
| Русский | а́лчный álčnyj, жа́дный žádnyj, скупо́й skupój, корыстолюби́вый korystoljubívyj |
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title = {avaricious},
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