† avarousadj.

Forms: Middle English auerous(e, averous(e, 1500s avarus, Middle English–1600s avarous.

Etymology: < Old French averos, -us, < aveir , avoir , possession: see aver n. Subsequently confused with French avare, and so spelt.

Obsolete or dialect.

Avaricious.

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

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5578 Swyþe coveytous And a nygur and auarous.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋673 The avarous man hath more hope in his catel than in Jhesu Crist.

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Cor. vi. 10 Nether theues, nether auerouse men.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 106 He yaf..to hem that were auerouse, golde and siluer.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. i. 83 Flee from this auarus kingis cost.

?1620 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome (new ed.) i. xxxix. 148 So auarous is he of miserie.

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

单词	avarous
释义	† avarousadj. Forms: Middle English auerous(e, averous(e, 1500s avarus, Middle English–1600s avarous. Etymology: < Old French averos, -us, < aveir , avoir , possession: see aver n. Subsequently confused with French avare, and so spelt. Obsolete or dialect. Avaricious. 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 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5578 Swyþe coveytous And a nygur and auarous. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋673 The avarous man hath more hope in his catel than in Jhesu Crist. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Cor. vi. 10 Nether theues, nether auerouse men. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 106 He yaf..to hem that were auerouse, golde and siluer. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. i. 83 Flee from this auarus kingis cost. ?1620 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome (new ed.) i. xxxix. 148 So auarous is he of miserie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1303
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