Definition of avaricious
- avaricious land-grabbers
an avaricious scheme to con the elderly couple out of thousands of dollars
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearacquisitive, avid, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious;
altruistic, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, selfless, unselfish, unsparing;
commercialistic, materialistic, philistine;
desirous, eager, itchy, miserly;
hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish;
devouring, gluttonous, gobbling, insatiable, ravenous, unquenchable, voracious;
egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), self-centered, self-seeking;
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