avaricious

[Av`a*ri·cious]

Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

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Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Adjective S.
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor''s fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greed


a.
Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.


Avaricious

Av`a*ri"cious , a. [Cf. F. avaricieux.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. Syn. -- Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. -- Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious, Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly 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. -- Av`a*ri"cious*ly, adv -- Av`a*ri"cious*ness, n.

Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

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Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

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