- avaricious person
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avaricious person
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avaricious — [[t]æ̱vərɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions. He sacrificed his own career so that his avaricious brother could succeed … English dictionary
miser — /muy zeuhr/, n. 1. a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money. 2. a stingy, avaricious person. 3. Obs. a wretched or unhappy person. [1535 45; < L: wretched] Syn. 2. skinflint, tightwad, pinchpenny. * * * … Universalium
misery — [14] Latin miser meant ‘miserable, wretched’. From it were derived miseria ‘wretchedness’, source of English misery, and miserābilis ‘pitiable’, source of English miserable [16]. Fitting in with the general semantic pattern, English miser [16] (a … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
miser — mi•ser [[t]ˈmaɪ zər[/t]] n. 1) a person who lives poorly in order to save money 2) a stingy, avaricious person • Etymology: 1550–60; < L: wretched … From formal English to slang
miser — I. /ˈmaɪzə / (say muyzuh) noun 1. someone who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money. 2. a niggardly, avaricious person. 3. Obsolete a wretched or unhappy person. {Latin: wretched, unhappy, sick, bad} II. /ˈmaɪzə / (say… …
misery — [14] Latin miser meant ‘miserable, wretched’. From it were derived miseria ‘wretchedness’, source of English misery, and miserābilis ‘pitiable’, source of English miserable [16]. Fitting in with the general semantic pattern, English miser [16] (a … Word origins
miser — n. 1 a person who hoards wealth and lives miserably. 2 an avaricious person. Etymology: L, = wretched … Useful english dictionary
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greedhead — noun An avaricious person … Wiktionary
moneygrubber — noun An avaricious person See Also: money grubbing … Wiktionary
snudge — a miser, a mean avaricious person, 1540s, very common from c.1550 1610 [OED] … Etymology dictionary
