Avaricious word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "avaricious" word

[adjective] immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

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\Av`a*ri"cious\, a. [Cf. F. avaricieux.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. Usage: {Avaricious}, {Covetous}, {Parsimonious}, {Penurious}, {Miserly}, {Niggardly}. The avaricious eagerly grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. -- {Av`a*ri"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Av`a*ri"cious*ness}, n.

Synonyms for avaricious

acquisitive, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile

Related terms: a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, avid, bottomless, cheap, close, closefisted, coveting, covetous, devouring, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, hardfisted, hoggish, illiberal, insatiable, insatiate, limitless, mean, mercenary, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, near, niggardly, omnivorous, overgreedy, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, piggish, pinchfisted, pinching, quenchless, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, save-all, selfish, slakeless, sordid, stingy, swinish, tight, tightfisted, tight-fisted, unappeasable, unappeased, ungenerous, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unslakeable, unslaked, venal, voracious

The fun area, different aproach to word »avaricious«

Let's analyse "avaricious" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Six vowels. 60% of vowels is 21.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: SUOICIRAVA. Average typing speed for these characters is 2725 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- ...- .- .-. .. -.-. .. --- ..- ...

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: avaricious: 1 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 29, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: avaricious: 1 + 4 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 46, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful
V (1)	22	Fool	Fun, Joyous, Persistant, Risk taker, Childish

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