greedy
English
/ˈɡɹiːdi/
adj
Definitions
- Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
- Prone to overeat.
- (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.
- (computer science) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gredy inherited from Old English grǣdiġ (eager, greedy, hungry) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (hungry, greedy), *grēdaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēdʰ- (be hungry, long for) affix from English greed.
Origin
English
greed
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigreed English
- greed English
- greedfest English
- greedful English
- greedhead English
- greedily English
- greediness English
- greedless English
- greedmeister English
- greedsome English
- greedyguts English
- guts English
- nongreedy English
- overgreedy English
- ungreedily English
- ungreediness English
- ungreedy English
- bijtgraag Dutch, Flemish
- dolgraag Dutch, Flemish
- graag Dutch, Flemish
- grijpgraag Dutch, Flemish
- schietgraag Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰrēdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- grådig Norwegian Bokmål
- grådighet Norwegian Bokmål
- *grēdagaz Proto-Germanic
- *grēdaz Proto-Germanic
- grædig Old English
- grēdiġ Old English
- grǣdiġ Old English
- *overgredy Middle English
- gredy Middle English
- gredyly Middle English
- gredynesse Middle English
- gráðugr Old Norse
- grådig Danish
- gradig Middle Dutch
- ngordh Albanian
- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *grādag Old Dutch
- *kār(i)da Proto-Albanian
- gridi Sranan Tongo
- gridiman Sranan Tongo