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Webster 1913 Edition
Avaricious
Avˊa-ri′cious
(ăvˊȧ-rĭsh′ŭs)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
avaricieux
.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Syn. – Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close.
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– Avaricious
, Covetous
, Parsimonious
, Penurious
, Miserly
, Niggardly
. The avaricious eagerly desire wealth with a view to hoard it. The covetous grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. Avˊa-ri′cious-ly
, adv.
Avˊa-ri′cious-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Avaricious
AVARI'CIOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
avaricious
avaricious
English
Alternative forms
- avaritious (obsolete)
Adjective
avaricious (comparative more avaricious, superlative most avaricious)
- Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
- Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...
- Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:greedy
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
actuated by avarice
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References
- “avaricious” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).