avaricious
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Adjective
Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain,
/ˌavəˈriSHəs/,
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Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain,
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Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain
- - a corrupt and avaricious government
Web Definitions:
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with ...
- (avariciously) in a greedy manner
- (avariciousness) avarice: extreme greed for material wealth
- Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property
- Greedy for riches; overly desirous of material things.
- av·a·rice (ŕvąe-rîs) noun Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avâritia, from avârus, greedy, from avęre, to desire.]