"avarous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more avarous [comparative], most avarous [superlative]
Etymology: Latin avarus Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|avarus}} Latin avarus Head templates: {{en-adj}} avarous (comparative more avarous, superlative most avarous)
  1. (uncommon) Avaricious. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-avarous-en-adj-EWsvFASV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry
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          "text": "It is a just matter of lamentation when souls which have been clad with zeal as with scarlet, constantly forward for the glory of God, fall to such apostasy as with Demas to embrace the dunghill of this world, and with an avarous hausture to lick up the mud of corruption."
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