Associations to the word «Avaricious»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

AVARICIOUS, 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".

Wise words

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes