CEFR C1

altricious

adjective

Meaning

altricious means actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as altricious.
A altricious tone can change the mood of a conversation.

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altricious (C1)

adjective

Definition

Examples

The writer described the response as altricious.
A altricious tone can change the mood of a conversation.

How to Use altricious

altricious + noun (collocation): Use altricious before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a altricious reaction."
become altricious (collocation): Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became altricious near the end."

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