gredy

Middle English

/ˈɡreːdiː/

adj
Definitions
  • Envious, greedy; lusting after wealth or lucre; displaying avarice or greed.
  • Voracious, insatiable, tending to overeat or excessively eat used of people and beasts
  • Overexcited; excessively eager or willing; displaying impulsiveness.
  • (rare) Starving, hungry; requiring or necessitating nutrition.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English grēdiġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (hungry, greedy).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*grēdagaz

Gloss

hungry, greedy

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

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