avariciousadj.

/avəˈrɪʃəs/

Forms: Also 1500s -ycyouse, 1500s–1700s -itious.

Etymology: < French avaricieux, -euse, < avarice, as if < Latin *avāritiōsus.

Immoderately desirous of accumulating wealth; greedy of gain, grasping; figurative eager to possess or accumulate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions

greedya1000

overgreedyOE

avarous1303

covetous1340

concupiscible1398

avaricious1474

silver-sick?a1500

lucrous1511

having1528

lucrative1549

concupiscentious1555

holding1569

griping?1573

concupiscential1577

over-havinga1600

gripulous1614

ingordigious1637

concupitive1651

appropriative1655

lucripetous1675

coveting1699

grasping1747

concupiscenta1834

acquisitive1846

pleonectic1858

big-eye1868

wanting1876

possessive1889

grabby1910

gold-digging1925

territorial1966

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 109 The auarycious wolf.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xi. sig. bviii His cruel & avaricious appetite.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 72 in Justice Vindicated Nor will avaritious rich men fail to pretend poverty.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. ii. 43 Queen Elizabeth was avaricious with pomp; James I. lavish with meanness.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. v. 245 We are naturally..avaricious after imaginary causes of lamentation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	avaricious
释义	avariciousadj. /avəˈrɪʃəs/ Forms: Also 1500s -ycyouse, 1500s–1700s -itious. Etymology: < French avaricieux, -euse, < avarice, as if < Latin avāritiōsus. Immoderately desirous of accumulating wealth; greedy of gain, grasping; figurative* eager to possess or accumulate. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions greedya1000 overgreedyOE avarous1303 covetous1340 concupiscible1398 avaricious1474 silver-sick?a1500 lucrous1511 having1528 lucrative1549 concupiscentious1555 holding1569 griping?1573 concupiscential1577 over-havinga1600 gripulous1614 ingordigious1637 concupitive1651 appropriative1655 lucripetous1675 coveting1699 grasping1747 concupiscenta1834 acquisitive1846 pleonectic1858 big-eye1868 wanting1876 possessive1889 grabby1910 gold-digging1925 territorial1966 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 109 The auarycious wolf. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xi. sig. bviii His cruel & avaricious appetite. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 72 in Justice Vindicated Nor will avaritious rich men fail to pretend poverty. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. ii. 43 Queen Elizabeth was avaricious with pomp; James I. lavish with meanness. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. v. 245 We are naturally..avaricious after imaginary causes of lamentation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1474
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