avaricious
adjective
[ avəˈrɪʃəs ]
• having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Similar:
grasping,
acquisitive,
covetous,
greedy,
rapacious,
mercenary,
materialistic,
miserly,
mean,
money-grubbing,
money-grabbing,
grabby,
pleonectic,
Mammonish,
Mammonistic,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French avaricieux, based on Latin avarus ‘greedy’.
