avaricious

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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...

词形变化

more avaricious comparative most avaricious superlative avaritious alternative avaricius alternative

词源

From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).
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