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avaricious

adj
/ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from avaritia
  2. derived from avaricieux
  3. inherited from avaricious

Definitions

  1. Actuated by avarice

    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...

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