Meanings
nounavariciousness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 146
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APA
avariciousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avariciousness
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“avariciousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avariciousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avariciousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avariciousness.
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