FILTHY LUCRE

Meaning of FILTHY LUCRE in English

money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.

[ 1520-30 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FILTHY LUCRE — noun 1. obsolete : shameful gain 2. : money
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FILTHY LUCRE — {n.}, {informal} Money, especially when thought of as bad or shameful. * /When the rich gambler tried to make Sarah …
Slang English vocab
FILTHY LUCRE — Function: noun Synonyms: MONEY , ||bread, cash, ||coin, currency, dough, legal tender, loot, lucre, pelf
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FILTHY LUCRE — noun Synonyms: money , ||bread, cash, ||coin, currency, dough, legal tender, loot, lucre, pelf
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FILTHY LUCRE — {n.}, {informal} Money, especially when thought of as bad or shameful. * /When the rich gambler tried to make Sarah …
Словарь английских идиом
FILTHY LUCRE — money, dollars Filthy lucre - that's what people want - cash, moola, lettuce.
English Idioms vocab
FILTHY LUCRE — money, dollars Filthy lucre - that's what people want - cash, moola, lettuce.
English Idioms vocabulary
FILTHY LUCRE — n. , informal Money, especially when thought of as bad or shameful. When the rich gambler tried to make Sarah …
American Idioms English vocabulary
FILTHY LUCRE — презренный металл
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FILTHY LUCRE — _шутл. презренный металл
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FILTHY LUCRE — презренный металл
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FILTHY LUCRE — презренный металл
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FILTHY LUCRE — презренный металл
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FILTHY LUCRE — _шутл. презренный металл
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FILTHY LUCRE — шутл. презренный металл
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FILTHY LUCRE — презренный металл
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LUCRE — ~ (-ar, -ativ)
English interlingue dictionary
FILTHY — mahugaw;malaw'ay
English-Visayan vocabulary
LUCRE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lucrum; probably akin to Old English lēan reward, Old High German lōn, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FILTHY — I. adjective (filthier; -est) Date: 14th century covered with, containing, or characterized by filth, 2. underhand , vile , obscene …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LUCRE — ˈlükə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin lucrum; akin to Old English lēan reward, Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FILTHY — -thē, -thi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from filth + -y 1. : covered with, having the appearance …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUCRE — (n.) Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.
Английский словарь Webster
FILTHY — (superl.) Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.
Английский словарь Webster
LUCRE — ( n. ) Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LUCRE — /looh"keuhr/ , n. monetary reward or gain; money. [ 1350-1400; ME lucrum profit; akin to OE lean reward, G Lohn, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FILTHY — — filthily , adv. — filthiness , n. /fil"thee/ , adj., filthier, filthiest , adv., v., filthied, filthying . adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LUCRE — n. profit, gain; money
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FILTHY — adj. dirty, grimy, polluted; obscene, vulgar; despicable, detestable, corrupt, having an abundance of (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FILTHY — I. ˈfil-thē adjective ( filth·i·er ; -est ) Date: 14th century 1. : covered with, containing, or characterized by filth …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LUCRE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lucrum; probably akin to Old English lēan reward, Old High German lōn, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LUCRE — noun gain in money or goods; profit; riches; often in an ill sense.
Webster English vocab
FILTHY — superl defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.
Webster English vocab
LUCRE
Concise Oxford English vocab
LUCRE — [lu.cre] n [ME, fr. L lucrum; prob. akin to OE lean reward, OHG lon, Gk apolauein to enjoy] (14c): monetary …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FILTHY — [filthy] adj filth.i.er ; -est (14c) 1: covered with or containing filth: offensively dirty 2. a: underhand, vile b: obscene …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LUCRE — lucre BrE AmE ˈluːk ə ˈljuːk- AmE \ - ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LUCRE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FILTHY
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LUCRE — lu ‧ cre /ˈluːkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: lucrum 'gain' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FILTHY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LUCRE — n. derog. financial profit or gain. øfilthy lucre see FILTHY. [ME f. F lucre or L lucrum]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FILTHY
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LUCRE — n. derog. financial profit or gain. filthy lucre see FILTHY. [ ME f. F lucre or L lucrum ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FILTHY
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LUCRE — n. derog. financial profit or gain. Phrases and idioms: filthy lucre see FILTHY. Etymology: ME f. F lucre or L …
Oxford English vocab
FILTHY
Oxford English vocab
LUCRE — People sometimes refer to money or profit as lucre , especially when they think that it has been obtained by …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FILTHY — ( filthier, filthiest) 1. Something that is filthy is very dirty indeed. He never washed, and always wore a filthy …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LUCRE — People sometimes refer to money or profit as ~, especially when they think that it has been obtained by dishonest …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LUCRE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE filthy ▪ But filthy lucre led him to Uncle Kenny's. ▪ I was not …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FILTHY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES stinking/filthy rich disapproving (= very rich ) ▪ She was obviously stinking rich. COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LUCRE — [noun] [U] [dated] [disapproving or humorous] - money or profitNobody doubts the power of lucre.
Cambridge English vocab
FILTHY — [adverb](informal) They're filthy rich (= extremely rich).
Cambridge English vocab
LUCRE — Synonyms and related words : affluence, and pence, assets, bottomless purse, bulging purse, capital gains, cash, circulating medium, cleanup, clear …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FILTHY — adj 1. very good, excellent; COOL, AWESOME. ("Those shoes are filthy!") Submitted by Jesse Mapelli, Seattle, WA, USA, 30-03-1998.
Slang English vocab
LUCRE — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: PROFIT , earnings, gain, proceeds, return 2 Synonyms: MONEY , dough, filthy lucre, ||greenbacks, ||jack, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LUCRE — noun 1. Synonyms: profit , earnings, gain, proceeds, return 2. Synonyms: money , dough, filthy lucre, ||greenbacks, ||jack, ||kale, ||lettuce, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FILTHY — I. adj. VERBS ▪ be , feel , look , smell ▪ get ▪ leave sth , make sth ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FILTHY
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FILTHY — adj. 1 defiled, polluted, tainted, foul, nasty, dirty, unclean, vile, putrid, rotten, fetid or foetid, maggoty, fly-blown, purulent, feculent, faecal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LUCRE — сущ. прибыль, барыш (всегда в плохом смысле) filthy lucre ≈ презренный металл корысть, нажива, барыш - filthy * презренный металл; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FILTHY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LUCRE — lucre.ogg ʹlu:kə n корысть, нажива, барыш filthy lucre - а) шутл. презренный металл; б) библ. корыстолюбие
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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