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avaricious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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... 1835, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow:

Forms

Deriveds

overavaricious · avariciously · unavaricious · avariciousness

Relateds

avarice

Synonyms

greedy

Translations (58)

bg алчен (actuated by avarice) · io avara (actuated by avarice) · pt avarento (actuated by avarice) · da grådig (actuated by avarice) · ru скупо́й (actuated by avarice) · ru а́лчный (actuated by avarice) · es avaricioso (actuated by avarice) · de habsüchtig (actuated by avarice) · cmn 愛財 /爱财 (actuated by avarice) · el άπληστος (actuated by avarice) · ka ძუნწი (actuated by avarice) · ka გაუმაძღარი (actuated by avarice) · el πλεονέκτης (actuated by avarice) · ka ვერცხლისმოყვარე (actuated by avarice) · hu fösvény (actuated by avarice) · ka ხარბი (actuated by avarice) · ga maoinchíocrach (actuated by avarice) · hi लालची (actuated by avarice) · sv girig (actuated by avarice) · da begærlig (actuated by avarice) · eo avara (actuated by avarice) · it avaro (actuated by avarice) · ja 強欲な (actuated by avarice) · hi लोभी (actuated by avarice) · ca avariciós (actuated by avarice) · ga gabhálach (actuated by avarice) · ro avar (actuated by avarice) · fi ahne (actuated by avarice) · es avaro (actuated by avarice) · gd gionach (actuated by avarice) · cmn 貪婪 /贪婪 (actuated by avarice) · cs chamtivý (actuated by avarice) · ru жа́дный (actuated by avarice) · ota آج (actuated by avarice) · da grisk (actuated by avarice) · nl inhalig (actuated by avarice) · pdt bejierich (actuated by avarice) · de habgierig (actuated by avarice) · mi kaiapo (actuated by avarice) · non fégjarn (actuated by avarice) · grc φιλοκερδής (actuated by avarice) · ka ხელმოჭერილი (actuated by avarice) · bg користолюбив (actuated by avarice) · grc πλεονέκτης (actuated by avarice) · es codicioso (actuated by avarice) · de gierig (actuated by avarice) · ru корыстолюби́вый (actuated by avarice) · es avariento (actuated by avarice) · tr paragöz (actuated by avarice) · ota حریص (actuated by avarice) · gd sanntach (actuated by avarice) · cs hrabivý (actuated by avarice) · nl avaricieus (actuated by avarice) · la avārus (actuated by avarice) · hy ագահ (actuated by avarice) · fr avare (actuated by avarice) · pl skąpy (actuated by avarice) · pl chciwy (actuated by avarice)