avaricious
Meaninggreedy
Common meaning: consumed by greed
- avargreedyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 213 · scan
- iciousadjective ending: full of
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin avarus ‘greedy’.
Roots
- avarus, -a, -um Latin “greedy”
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