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单词 avarous
释义 ˈavarous, a. Obs. or dial.
Forms: 4–5 au- averous(e, 6 avarus, 4–7 avarous.
[a. OF. averos, -us, f. aveir, avoir, possession: see aver n. Subsequently confused with F. avare, and so spelt.]
Avaricious.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5578 Swyþe coveytous And a nygur and auarous.c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋673 The avarous man hath more hope in his catel than in Jhesu Crist.1388Wyclif 1 Cor. vi. 10 Nether theues, nether auerouse men.c1450Merlin vi. 106 He ȝaf to hem that were auerouse, golde and siluer.1513Douglas æneis iii. i. 83 Flee from this auarus kingis cost.1658S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. i. xxxix. §6 (1670) 132 So avarous is he of misery.
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