roofgier
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of roof (“theft, robbery”) or roven (“to rob”) + gier (“vulture, desire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
roofgier m (plural roofgieren)
- rapaciousness
- (figurative, literary) vulture
- 1815, Hendrik Tollens, ’s Konings komst tot den troon.
- Waar wolf en roofgier huilt en aast:
- 1815, Hendrik Tollens, ’s Konings komst tot den troon.
- rapacious person