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avaricious - Dictionary definition and meaning for avaricious

AVARICIOUS

  • (adj.) 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 raises for their employees"

    synonyms : covetous , grabby , grasping , greedy , prehensile

    Cinderella’s prehensile sisters tried their best to marry the prince. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for avaricious

  • (Tag: ) comes from avarice=a+var(war)::in a war evry1 becomes greedy.

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  • (Tag: ) avaricious:- avaricious sounds like avar(this time) rici(rice) ous(us); This time we will get rice from field & become rich.

    added by shaktipada    editEdit Mnemonic

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