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avariciousness

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av·a·ri·cious  (v-rshs)
adj.
Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy.
ava·ricious·ly adv.
ava·ricious·ness n.
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Noun1.avariciousness - extreme greed for material wealth
cupidity, avarice, covetousness
greed - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves


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It was quite evident from his very mannerism that Thurid had keenly guessed the man's weakness--even the clawlike, clutching movement of the fingers betokened the avariciousness of the miser.
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
But yet, with the persistent avariciousness of the white man, the Arabs clung to their loot, and when morning came forced the demoralized Manyuema to take up their burdens of death and stagger on into the jungle.
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