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Webster 1913 Edition


Avarous

Av′a-rous

(ăv′ȧ-rŭs)
,
Adj.
[L.
avarus
.]
Avaricious.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Avarous

AV'AROUS

,
Adj.
Covetous. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


avarous

avarous

English

Adjective

avarous (comparative more avarous, superlative most avarous)

  1. (obsolete) Avaricious.
    • 1300s, William Langland, 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

  • avarous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914