Avaricious (adj)
av-ar-ish-us
Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Late Middle English from Old French avaricieux, based on Latin avarus ‘greedy’.
Example sentences
“Everyone knows what an avaricous old bastard he is.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
