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avaricious Definition

ava·ri·cious (av′ə ris̸h′əs)

adjective

full of avarice; greedy for riches

avaricious Related Forms
av′a·ri′·ciously adverb av′a·ri′·cious·ness noun
avaricious Synonyms

avaricious

modif.

greedy, grasping, covetous, mercenary; see greedy 1. See syn. study atgreedy.

avaricious Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • agent: The be-suited avaricious agent was assured that there was.
  • man: A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he who is poor and humble of heart lives in a world of peace.
  • one: Hemlock has taken over from the previous be-suited avaricious one, whose incompetence and lack of business acumen has become a byword.
  • eye: The growing tennis section was flexing its muscle and casting avaricious eyes on the cricket pitch as a site for more courts.
  • mistress: As he progressed in years, the King began to lean heavily on his grasping and avaricious mistress, Alice Perrers.
  • person: Avarice arises from precisely this confusion: the avaricious person forgets that money is a means and treats it as an end.