Greedy Definition

grēdē
greedier, greediest
adjective
greedier, greediest
Wanting or taking all that one can get, with no thought of others' needs; desiring more than one needs or deserves; avaricious; covetous.
Webster's New World
Having too strong a desire for food and drink; gluttonous; voracious.
Webster's New World
Intensely eager.
Webster's New World

Prone to overeat.

Wiktionary
(computing) Tending to match as much text as possible.
This regular expression performs a greedy match.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Greedy

Adjective

Base Form:
greedy
Comparative:
greedier
Superlative:
greediest

Origin of Greedy

  • From Middle English gredy, from Old English grǣdiġ (“greedy, hungry, eager”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz (“hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *grēdaz, *grēduz, *grēdô (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰAr(e)dʰ-, *gʰrēdʰ- (“to be hungry, long for”), equivalent to greed +‎ -y. Cognate with Old Saxon grādag ("gladly, willingly" compare Dutch graag), Old High German grātag (“greedy”), Danish grådig (“greedy”) (from Old Norse gráðigr (“greedy”), gráði (“greed, hunger”)), Gothic (grēdags, “hungry”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian ngordh (“to crave for, starve, die”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English gredi from Old English grǣdig gher-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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