Synonyms for avaricious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : av-uh-rish-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæv əˈrɪʃ əs |
Définition of avaricious
Origin :- late 15c., from Old French avaricios "greedy, covetous" (Modern French avaricieux), from avarice (see avarice). An Old English word for it was feoh-georn. Related: Avariciously; avariciousness.
- adj greedy
- He is a countryman of mine; and I know he is as avaricious as an Odomantian.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Many of them were avaricious, timid, lazy and inattentive to their duties.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
- "Never mind the profits, you avaricious Jew," replied Lawless.
- Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
- The shell-fishes that bite them are their avaricious hearts.
- Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
- Greed, sometimes sat in the councils, and the avaricious bent the rules.
- Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
- Conjectures about the motives of Avaricious men, v.121 to 153.
- Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
- The avaricious are out of the pale of peace already, and at all events.
- Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau
- Every man you come across is an avaricious, designing creature.
- Extract from : « The Maidens' Lodge » by Emily Sarah Holt
- What, and expose all our hoarded wealth to the eyes of the avaricious crew!
- Extract from : « Captain Mugford » by W.H.G. Kingston
- This did moderately well for a time;—in fact, I was not avaricious, but my dog was.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
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