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# avaricious

adjective (more avaricious, most avaricious)

«avaricious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Greedy for money and riches, always wanting more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avaricious/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a greedy king, vizier or miser who wants all the gold for himself.

### Examples

- The avaricious king hoarded his gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avaricious/#x1)
- An avaricious man never has enough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avaricious/#x2)
- The avaricious vizier wanted every jewel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avaricious/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «avaricious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avaricious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«avaricious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/avaricious.html) on Mova free.