avaricious
av-uh-RISH-usadjMeaning greedy for money and possessions
Memory hook HAVE-a-RICH-us: I must HAVE all the RICHES. The dragon must have all the riches in the land and growls at anyone who comes near its pile; it is avaricious.
The avaricious dragon slept on a mountain of gold and counted every coin each morning.
In context Rex was so avaricious that he charged his own brother for a cup of water and hoarded his gold rather than buy himself a winter coat.
Similar greedy, grasping, covetous, money-hungry
Opposite generous, munificent, charitable
From avarice, from Latin avaritia (greed), from avarus (greedy).