avaricious

English

Etymology

From French avaricieux

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), користолюбив (bg) Dutch: inhalig (nl), avaricieus (nl) Finnish: ahne (fi) French: avare (fr) German: habgierig, habsüchtig

Hungarian: fösvény (hu) Ido: avara Polish: skąpy m., chciwy m. Scottish Gaelic: sanntach (gd), gionach (gd) Spanish: avaricioso (es), codicioso (es) Swedish: girig (sv)