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avaricious, a.|ævəˈrɪʃəs|
Also 6 -ycyouse, 6–8 -itious.
[a. F. avaricieux, -euse, f. avarice, as if ad. L. *avāritiōsus.]
Immoderately desirous of accumulating wealth; greedy of gain, grasping; fig. eager to possess or accumulate.
1474Caxton Chesse iii. iv. G j, The auaricious wolf. 1531Elyot Gov. (1834) 210 His cruel and avaricious appetite. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 72 Nor will avaritious rich men fail to pretend poverty. 1762H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) II. 71 Queen Elizabeth was avaricious with pomp; James I. lavish with meanness. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. iv. vii. (1849) 230 We are naturally..avaricious after imaginary causes of lamentation. |