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Significados de avaricious em inglês

Excessively desirous of money, wealth or possessions.

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Uso de avaricious em inglês
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Greed, sometimes sat in the councils, and the avaricious bent the rules.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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Though avaricious, it was in order to spend and not to hoard.
History of the Conquest of Peru
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But they are avaricious and envious, Tomas; and Mammon hath corrupted them.
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.
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An avaricious smile of satisfaction drew down the corners of his lips.
Wild Youth, Volume 1.
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He was avaricious, but avarice was the great sin of his times.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
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An avaricious, vacuous Africa, in love with TV soap operas and fridges.
The Guardian
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Every corrupt transaction is between a venal politician and an avaricious businessman.
Crime and Corruption
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Helene Vauquier was avaricious and greedy, like so many of her class.
At the Villa Rose
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It may be objected, that very wise men have been notoriously avaricious.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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Francis, who was quite avaricious, left the office with a heavy heart.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
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She is not as avaricious as the counts and dukes, I'll wager.
Graustark
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Pecoil was a citizen of Lyons, a wholesale dealer, and extremely avaricious.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 1...
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He was not avaricious to accumulate property, neither was he a spendthrift.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
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Why are avaricious promoters DCM concerts putting on a massive free gig?
The Irish Times
15
Dissolute, cruel, and avaricious Messalina certainly was, but mad she was not.
The Women of the Caesars
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The art of seasoning pleasures in general, consists in being avaricious with them.
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
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