noun ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ

Filthy lucre meaning in oriya

ଅଶୁଭ ଲାଭ

  • Pronunciation

    /ˌfɪlθi ˈl(j)uːkə/

  • Definition

    shameful profit

    ଲଜ୍ଜାଜନକ ଲାଭ |

  • Example

    I would sell my soul for filthy lucre.

    ମୁଁ ମୋର ପ୍ରାଣକୁ ଅପରିଷ୍କାର ଲାଭ ପାଇଁ ବିକ୍ରି କରିବି |

noun ବିଶେଷ୍ୟ

Filthy lucre meaning in oriya

ଅଶୁଭ ଲାଭ

  • Definitions

    1. Money, especially if obtained dishonestly.

    ଅର୍ଥ, ବିଶେଷତ if ଯଦି ଅସାଧୁ ଭାବରେ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଏ |

  • Examples:
    1. A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe, Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous;

    2. Both her auditors, brother and sister, assented to this, and declared on their own knowledge that no man lived less addicted to filthy lucre than the warden.

    3. For there are many diſobedient and talkers off vanitie⸝ and diſceavers off myndes⸝ namly they off the circumciſion⸝ whoſe mouthes muſt be ſtopped⸝ which pervert whole houſes⸝ teachynge thyngꝭ [thyngis] which they ought nott⸝ becauſe off filthy lucre.

    4. The abomination of filthy lucre has made such inroads among the rulers of the churches, that certain of those who call themselves religious men and women, forgetting the commandments of the Lord have been altogether led astray, and for the sake of money have received those presenting themselves for the sacerdotal order and the monastic life.

    5. The reason why, like pretty much everything these days connected with the current Duke [Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex] and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, comes down to their various money-making gambits. (With a reported $68,000-a-month mortgage to pay and a hen house full of chooks to keep in gluten-free grain, these days the couple need filthy lucre the exact same way that you and I do.)

  • Synonyms

    filthy rich (ଅଶୁଚି ଧନୀ |)