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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024av•a•ri•cious (av′ə rish′əs),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by avarice;
greedy;
covetous.
- 1425–75; late Middle English; see avarice, -ious
Avaricious, covetous, greedy, rapacious share the sense of desiring to possess more of something than one already has or might in normal circumstances be entitled to. Avaricious often implies a pathological, driven greediness for money or other valuables and usually suggests a concomitant miserliness:the cheerless dwelling of an avaricious usurer.Covetous implies a powerful and usually illicit desire for the property or possessions of another:The book collector was openly covetous of my rare first edition.Greedy, the most general of these terms, suggests a naked and uncontrolled desire for almost anything--food and drink, money, emotional gratification:embarrassingly greedy for praise.Rapacious, stronger and more assertive than the other terms, implies an aggressive, predatory, insatiable, and unprincipled desire for possessions and power:a rapacious frequenter of tax sales and forced auctions. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024av•a•rice /ˈævərɪs/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- extreme greed for wealth.
av•a•ri•cious /ˌævəˈrɪʃəs/USA pronunciation adj. av•a•ri•cious•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024av•a•rice (av′ər is),USA pronunciation n. - insatiable greed for riches;
inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
- Latin avāritia, equivalent. to avār(us) greedy + -itia -ice
- Old French
- Middle English 1250–1300
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