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.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
