avariciousness

English

Etymology

From avaricious +‎ -ness.

Noun

avariciousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being avaricious.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 146:
      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.
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