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avaricious

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaciiorsuvStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g.

  2. wealth

Word origin

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

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  • In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...

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