English Explanatory Dictionary

filthy lucre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Money, especially if obtained dishonestly.

Pronunciation

/ˌfɪlθi ˈl(j)uːkə/ /ˌfɪlθi ˈlukəɹ/ En-us-filthy lucre.oga

Word forms

filthy lucre

Etymology

From filthy + lucre, which appears in the Tyndale Bible, and four times in the King James Version of the Bible, as a calque of Ancient Greek αἰσχρόν κέρδος (aiskhrón kérdos) and related terms such as αἰσχροκερδής (aiskhrokerdḗs, “[a person] given to filthy lucre”): see the quotations and Citations:filthy lucre.

Synonyms

dirty money lucre

Related words

filthy rich ill-gotten gains mammon thirty pieces of silver money
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