avaricious

Definition

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself..."

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