Complete Definition of "avaricious"

English
Pronunciation
IPA: /�æv��rɪ��s/
Adjective
en-adj

  1. actuate|Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulate|accumulating property.

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#:*"In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself..." — Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)

Translations

French: avare
German: habgierig, habsüchtig
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Ido: avara

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