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Definition of Avaricious
1. Adjective. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. "Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
Similar to: Acquisitive
Derivative terms: Avarice, Avarice, Avariciousness, Covetousness, Grasping, Greed, Greed, Greediness
Definition of Avaricious
1. a. Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Definition of Avaricious
1. Adjective. Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avaricious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avaricious
Literary usage of Avaricious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"avaricious. These terms are, properly speaking, epithets applied to things to
... The avaricious man and the miser are one and the same character, ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"avaricious AND ENVIOUS Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to grant
their hearts' ... The avaricious man prayed to have a room full of gold. ..."
3. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"avaricious Overcapitalization Perhaps the most common instance of ... It seems
to be a form of avaricious mania. The subject is treated more fully in a ..."
4. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1855)
"All offerings made to the gods, go to these avaricious priests ; aud the giving
of presents and distribution of nimi'-y to Brahmins is the most effectual ..."
5. An Essay on Native Depravity by Leonard Woods (1835)
"You say, such a man is avaricious. But it may be that he is not now putting ...
For though a very avaricious man, he may at present be wholly occupied with ..."
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