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Vinony

avariciousness

noun

  1. greediness of wealth (quality of being avaricious)
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English avaricious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English avariciousness From avaricious + -ness.

  1. The state or quality of being avaricious.

    “But yet, with the persistent avariciousness of the white man, the Arabs clung to their loot, and when morning came forced the demoralized Manyuema to take up their burdens of death and stagger on into the jungle.”