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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
avaricious is an adjective meaning "immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for avaricious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.