- begrudging,
discontentedly yearning;
hostile and domineering; envious,
avaricious;
pleasures more in
taking than in having. Risk-taking
antisocial (including...
- and
Steeder (Giant Spider) "the
infamous dark dwarves", an "evil and
avaricious"
dwarven subrace: 152 with
psionic powers. ComicBook.com contributor...
-
punishment of many "clergymen, and
popes and cardinals" in **** for
being avaricious or miserly. He also
criticised certain popes and
other simoniacs: Rapacious...
- by
Miguel de Cervantes; Scrooge, a
pejorative for
misers based on the
avaricious main
character in
Charles ****ens' A
Christmas Carol; and Pollyanna, referring...
- 19th-century
historian W.R.W. Stephens, "affords some
illustrations of the
avaricious and
parsimonious character of the king". It
seems that
Henry was skilful...
- name of Corinth). King
Sisyphus promoted navigation and
commerce but was
avaricious and deceitful. He
killed guests and
travelers in his palace, a violation...
- hard to make good
small films now",
Allen said in a 2004 interview. "The
avaricious studios couldn't care less
about good films—if they get a good film they're...
- extravagance. In an
alternative view,
Norman Cantor has
described Edward as an "
avaricious and ****ic thug". From what is
known of Edward's character, he could...
-
insurmountable obstacle in the
succession of
previous kings. However, the
avaricious ambitions that had been
aroused across north-western
Europe by the Confessor's...
- The Book of Misers, and
another by Jim
Colville titled Avarice and the
Avaricious. Editions:
Arabic (al-Ḥājirī, Cairo, 1958);
Arabic text,
French preface...
