English
Etymology
Latin avarus
Adjective
avarous
#obsolete avaricious.
#* RQ:Piers Plowman, 15-136 - Curatours of Holy Kirke, and clerkes that ben avarouse, / Lightliche that thei leven, losels it habbeth, / Or deieth intestate, and thanne [entreth the bisshop]
References
R:Webster 1913
R:Century 1914
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