avaricious
pronunciation
How to pronounce avaricious in British English:
UK [ˌævəˈrɪʃəs]
How to pronounce avaricious in American English:
US [ˌævəˈrɪʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Word Origin
- avaricious (adj.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Mysterious , suspicious , avaricious , cold , the figure of henry vii has long been skipped over or ignored .
- 2. In his 20 years as a hanoi taxi driver , pham van vinh has learnt to negotiate the chaotic streets of vietnam 's capital and the demands of its avaricious traffic police .
- 3. Among other things , we would be free of thesituation in which a bunch of power-crazed , avaricious bullies dictate throughtheir privately owned media outlets what the public should believe-which is tosay , their own self-interested opinions and the system they support .
- 4. The ambitious and the avaricious will no doubt seek more ex - citing hunting grounds with hedge funds and private equity groups .