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avaricious

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алчный, жадный, скупой, корыстолюбивый

habgierig, habsüchtig, gierig

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately…Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

/ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/

» Did you ever hear that my father was an avaricious, grasping man?

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Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
habgierig, habsüchtig, gierig
а́лчныйálčnyj, жа́дныйžádnyj, скупо́йskupój
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

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Did you ever hear that my father was an avaricious, grasping man?
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Mr. Jackson is an avaricious old man.
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From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avari

From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).

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