avaricious
Meaning
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Synonyms
eagerly desirous
acquisitive
winning over
be ambitious
be grasping
be piggish
be rapacious
cash-hungry
Translations
avare
avaro
habgierig
avaro
inhalig
avarusPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).
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