avaricious
adj/ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/
Etymology From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).
1
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
- In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...1835, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow:
- Synonyms
- greedy
- Derived terms
- avariciously, avariciousness, overavaricious, unavaricious
- Related terms
- avarice