avaricious

English

Alternative forms

• avaritious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌævəˈrɪʃəs/

Adjective

avaricious (comparative more avaricious, superlative most avaricious)

1. Actuated by avarice; greedy of 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...

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:greedy

Derived terms

• avariciously
• avariciousness

Related terms

• avarice

Translations

actuated by avarice

• Armenian: ագահ (hy) (agah)
• Bulgarian: алчен (bg) (alčen), користолюбив (bg) (koristoljubiv)
• Catalan: avariciós (ca)
• Czech: chamtivý (cs)
• Dutch: inhalig (nl), avaricieus (nl)
• Finnish: ahne (fi)
• French: avare (fr)
• German: habgierig (de), habsüchtig (de)

• Hungarian: fösvény (hu)
• Ido: avara (io)
• Irish: gabhálach (ga)
• Italian: avaro (it)
• Polish: skąpy (pl) m, chciwy (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: sanntach (gd), gionach (gd)
• Spanish: avaricioso (es), codicioso (es)
• Swedish: girig (sv)

References

• “avaricious” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).