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avariciousness Definition


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avarice
noun
    1. Excessive desire for money, possessions, etc; greed.
      Thesaurus: greed, miserliness, parsimony, stinginess, tight-fistedness, covetousness, predatoriness, acquisitiveness, rapacity, cupidity, penny-pinching; Antonym: generosity.
Derivative: avaricious
adj
    Showing excessive desire for money, possessions, etc.
      Thesaurus: greedy, miserly, parsimonious, stingy, tightfisted, covetous, predatory, acquisitive, grasping, rapacious, penny-pinching; Antonym: generous.
Derivative: avariciously
adverb
    Derivative: avariciousness
    noun
      Etymology: 14c: from Latin avaritia, from avere to crave.



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